Day 21B: Problem Found!

Well, well, well. I was traveling around the points with the ohm meter and I was getting some strange readings. Sometimes the readings were good, sometimes not. I am thinking, what the heck! Being the thourough person I am, from my history of working on fighter jets, I decided to be better safe than sorry and take the entire plate off of the engine. This is kind of a hassle because ultimately, this is how the timing on the points occurs. The position of the plate, due to the fact that it is all mechanical, will have to be timed again upon installation. Well when I get the plate off, there is a broken wire behind it. A couple of strands were touching, hence the variable readings. This is the holy grail of why, when I was cranking the kick start in the previous video, there was nothing. I have a feeling we will be rolling soon, stay tuned!

Day 21A: Points Revealed!

Well folks, the points are finally revealed! The nut on the magneto was proving to be a project stopper. I finally dried up on creative, non-destructive ways to get the nut off and took the whole engine down to: www.johnnysmotorcyclerepair.com/. Those guys are really great down there! Johnny himself got that nut off with a couple of special tools in about 5 minutes, and no charge! Thanks Johnny:)! Next, I took it home and got out Dave's gear puller and popped that magneto off. I do, by the way, mean POPPED! I was looking for blood after it came off. No holes in me though, so I continued. Upon inspection under the magneto, I found the stray end of wire grounding out. This could be the problem I have been searching for. The next step is using the ohm meter to check everything and adjust to factory specifications and throw it back together. Now work can start to progress again. Expect more soon!