1980 Liquifire no spark

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guitardude081
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1980 Liquifire no spark

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I had my Liquifire running on Monday just to run it, and it ran fine, had plenty of spark and everything else. I went out tonight to make sure all of the bulbs I replaced would work, and I have absolutley no spark. I checked the ignition--on, I check the kill switch--on. I unplugged both, still nothing. I checked all of the connections, everything was clean and plugged in. I'm at a loss. This thing has started on the third pull every time since I got it running perfectly. I don't even want to think about it being the coils, or the CDI. It had way to bright of spark for those to be bad. The plug wire caps are also tight. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm going for a ride on Saturday, and I don't have time to order a CDI or take everything apart to replace coils.
~Jack
Owner, Durand Motorsports
1980 Trailfire 340 (Grandpa bought new)
1983 Trailfire LX
1982 Spitfire (Grandpa bought new)
(3)1974 295/S
1975 340/S
(2) 1978 Liquifire
2003 Ski Doo Renegade 600HO
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2020 Polaris Indy 600 XC 129 40th Anniversary Edition
1980 Liquifire (currently in pieces)
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1980 Liquifire no spark

Post by shelby »

.....Just for the hell of it.......Try unplugging that dam rev limiter box(if so equipped).....I have seen those things cause some unusual problems....S
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1980 Liquifire no spark

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tried that.
~Jack
Owner, Durand Motorsports
1980 Trailfire 340 (Grandpa bought new)
1983 Trailfire LX
1982 Spitfire (Grandpa bought new)
(3)1974 295/S
1975 340/S
(2) 1978 Liquifire
2003 Ski Doo Renegade 600HO
1993 Polaris XLT Special with AAEN pipes
2020 Polaris Indy 600 XC 129 40th Anniversary Edition
1980 Liquifire (currently in pieces)
FF321
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1980 Liquifire no spark

Post by FF321 »

Try unplugging the main sled wiring harness from the plug on engine by the recoil.
If the kill switch cct. has shorted out to frame it would cause a no spark.
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1980 Liquifire no spark

Post by liquifire_freak »

that happened to a bubbys it was his coil you can gat a coil for around 30 dollars or check plug wires, plug caps an spark plug
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1980 Liquifire no spark

Post by guitardude081 »

I'll try the unplugging. I have 2 of each coil (1 of each NOS and 1 of each brand new--which by the way central still sells the coils in Kawi bags, and their star studs are also in Deere boxes with the JD part #)
~Jack
Owner, Durand Motorsports
1980 Trailfire 340 (Grandpa bought new)
1983 Trailfire LX
1982 Spitfire (Grandpa bought new)
(3)1974 295/S
1975 340/S
(2) 1978 Liquifire
2003 Ski Doo Renegade 600HO
1993 Polaris XLT Special with AAEN pipes
2020 Polaris Indy 600 XC 129 40th Anniversary Edition
1980 Liquifire (currently in pieces)
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