76 liqufire shut off problem

Decker · Post by **Decker** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:49 pm

when you turn the key off it only shuts down one cylinder, and you have to choke it to shut the other one off. I was wondering what the damage would be if i didnt repair it immeadiatly. Any wires i should cheeck first

harleysportster · Post by **harleysportster** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:08 pm

Dose the kill switch work?
Follow this wiring diagram and check all the connections of the white wire from the ignition switch, the kill switch and follow the wire to the black wire of the cdi.
http://www.jdsleds.com/tech/wiring/76wiring.jpg
The black cdi wire may have removed from the engine coupler(cdi side) near the recoil and is plugged directly into the white wire(sled side)(this is ok, it was a product improvement)
Check the grounding of the black wire(sled side) at the engine coupler.

Decker · Post by **Decker** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:40 am

the kill switch works when it wants to.

JDT · Post by **JDT** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:43 pm

I can understand the possibilty of a poor ground not shuting off the engine. There are serveral connector/terminals that are in the circuit before a ground is established.

Do the lights flicker or the tach jump around?

But if one one side shuts down would that not indicate a CDI box problem?

What do you think Harley?

Todd

harleysportster · Post by **harleysportster** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:02 pm

Decker wrote: the kill switch works when it wants to.

This would indicate that the something is wrong with the ignition system grounding circuit. Try this:
Unplug the black from the cdi box and ground it directly to the engine, then check for spark on both cylinders. If you still get one cylinder firing, then I would have to say that somethng is wrong with the cdi internally. Let us know the results.