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So I've acquired what -was- a running (at least at that moment in time) 1991 Honda Fourtrax TRX300FW.
It ran well getting it up onto the trailer, then off the trailer at home, and up and down the driveway for my son and wife.
Then it was parked & tarped for several days, and today there's no spark.
Apparently came with the infamous 'tail-light warranty'; "when we can no longer see your tail lights, it's no longer covered."
Former residence says they fixed the lack of spark "by jiggling the on-off switch." Ummm, 'jiggling' never fixed shit. On a good day, if you're lucky, 'jiggling' -might- maybe tell you the general area of what still -needs- fixed.. but jiggling never fixed anything... Unless you're wearing a straw hat, with holes in it, barefoot, and drinking from a corn liquor jug, in which case 'jiggling' might fix something, but it won't be anything electrical or mechanical.
On the other hand, as kids, there were times we believed that if we stood on one foot, spun about in a pirouette, and lit a joint or cigarette at that specific moment, in that specific sequence, you could catch a fish every time. Yeah, I know.. we were kids...... and high...
But just to give it a try, my spine's fucked, so after speaking with some folks previously involved in the 'jiggling' process with the 4-wheeler, I aggressively 'jiggled' my spine. Nope; Still fucked.
So, per my previous experience with Ski Doo snowmobiles, I know for a fact that a CDI box can be active and operable one minute, and let you down in a heart-beat the next. So there's suspect part #1.
The thing reportedly has both in-line fuses (battery), as well as a fuse box near the battery. Suspect part(s) 2, 2a., "2b... Or not to be. That is the question."
Voltage regulator and rectifier, is more apt to go out entirely, but what the hell; when you're throwing $20s, $50s, and $100's at a problem, a person may as well be thorough, right?
Then there's the coil. I've seen fractured wire-wrap inside a coil short out intermittently, starting when cold, then ceasing as the thing heats up and the wiring in the wrap expands with the heat; back on my old '64 Ford, it did this ONCE. I found holding a large caliber handgun to the motor in my old '64 Ford F-100 helped the Ford immensely., Kinda' like the effective approach of 'jiggling.'
Then there's the kill switch, which is in a housing that, to replace it, incorporates the light switch for on & off, high/low, the kill switch, the starter button, the choke, and maybe a partridge in a pear tree, too.
I can get parts for it, but most of what I've found thus far are after-market, where I'm sure the quality covers a lengthy continuum. The kill switch/light/choke/starter button housing, etc. can be gotten (apparently) OEM from Honda, for a mere $88; bare-end wires included at no extra cost, from what I could tell.
The alternatives to this includes, 1.) Making it into a large lawn ornament, burying it partially, and planting flowers or veggies around it. Hate to do that, as when it chooses to run, it had 124 lbs. compression (Honda reportedly stated that properly broken in, the psi is 130). Not bad for a well-used 27 year old bush beast. Or at least a mini-beast.
2.) Find a suitable amount of explosive to plant under it, and obtain the required 200 psi charge to set it off, blasting cap, etc., and make sure to get footage of it, as it travels into the air one final time.
3. Run it (manually) off the end of a dock, again incorporating the footage idea, to make sure it can be uploaded to YouTube or some equally questionable on-line site.
4.) Put it out 100 yards or so at a shooting area, and see what various cartridges will do to its structure/motor/etc.
Aside from that, anyone extremely skilled with this specific cause of aspirin consumption? I'm all ears.. or eyes.. or something..
I have deduced that at this point in life, there are simply not enough drugs or alcohol to go any further into this tonight.
Ideas?
Thanks.
It ran well getting it up onto the trailer, then off the trailer at home, and up and down the driveway for my son and wife.
Then it was parked & tarped for several days, and today there's no spark.
Apparently came with the infamous 'tail-light warranty'; "when we can no longer see your tail lights, it's no longer covered."
Former residence says they fixed the lack of spark "by jiggling the on-off switch." Ummm, 'jiggling' never fixed shit. On a good day, if you're lucky, 'jiggling' -might- maybe tell you the general area of what still -needs- fixed.. but jiggling never fixed anything... Unless you're wearing a straw hat, with holes in it, barefoot, and drinking from a corn liquor jug, in which case 'jiggling' might fix something, but it won't be anything electrical or mechanical.
On the other hand, as kids, there were times we believed that if we stood on one foot, spun about in a pirouette, and lit a joint or cigarette at that specific moment, in that specific sequence, you could catch a fish every time. Yeah, I know.. we were kids...... and high...
But just to give it a try, my spine's fucked, so after speaking with some folks previously involved in the 'jiggling' process with the 4-wheeler, I aggressively 'jiggled' my spine. Nope; Still fucked.
So, per my previous experience with Ski Doo snowmobiles, I know for a fact that a CDI box can be active and operable one minute, and let you down in a heart-beat the next. So there's suspect part #1.
The thing reportedly has both in-line fuses (battery), as well as a fuse box near the battery. Suspect part(s) 2, 2a., "2b... Or not to be. That is the question."
Voltage regulator and rectifier, is more apt to go out entirely, but what the hell; when you're throwing $20s, $50s, and $100's at a problem, a person may as well be thorough, right?
Then there's the coil. I've seen fractured wire-wrap inside a coil short out intermittently, starting when cold, then ceasing as the thing heats up and the wiring in the wrap expands with the heat; back on my old '64 Ford, it did this ONCE. I found holding a large caliber handgun to the motor in my old '64 Ford F-100 helped the Ford immensely., Kinda' like the effective approach of 'jiggling.'
Then there's the kill switch, which is in a housing that, to replace it, incorporates the light switch for on & off, high/low, the kill switch, the starter button, the choke, and maybe a partridge in a pear tree, too.
I can get parts for it, but most of what I've found thus far are after-market, where I'm sure the quality covers a lengthy continuum. The kill switch/light/choke/starter button housing, etc. can be gotten (apparently) OEM from Honda, for a mere $88; bare-end wires included at no extra cost, from what I could tell.
The alternatives to this includes, 1.) Making it into a large lawn ornament, burying it partially, and planting flowers or veggies around it. Hate to do that, as when it chooses to run, it had 124 lbs. compression (Honda reportedly stated that properly broken in, the psi is 130). Not bad for a well-used 27 year old bush beast. Or at least a mini-beast.
2.) Find a suitable amount of explosive to plant under it, and obtain the required 200 psi charge to set it off, blasting cap, etc., and make sure to get footage of it, as it travels into the air one final time.
3. Run it (manually) off the end of a dock, again incorporating the footage idea, to make sure it can be uploaded to YouTube or some equally questionable on-line site.
4.) Put it out 100 yards or so at a shooting area, and see what various cartridges will do to its structure/motor/etc.
Aside from that, anyone extremely skilled with this specific cause of aspirin consumption? I'm all ears.. or eyes.. or something..
I have deduced that at this point in life, there are simply not enough drugs or alcohol to go any further into this tonight.
Ideas?
Thanks.