justin_o_guy2
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What happened?
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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On the side where the starter is, the wire that goes to the starter, and up, to the left, is where the ground is. I hope you have a friend or slip on clips for the meter. I don't even know where to begin to find those anymore. Our Radio Shacks closed... both of them.. Anyway, when you hit the starter,,check the voltage between the hot wire at the starter and the ground. Or, you can go across the battery, there are a buncha ways to check, but that's the two easiest ways I know. Another thing that is easy to do is as soon as you let go of the starter button, feel around for any hot connections. The ground on the engine is electrically just as important as the hot connection to the battery. Well, dang near it. If it feels warmer after a try at starting than before, take it loose and clean it up. Since you have a meter, you could set it on Ohms and test it. If you have never had a meter, I bet you could learn a lot from a YouTube or two. Be careful about connecting to voltage when it's set to read Ohms. Can kill a meter, I don't know if that applies to digital, but the old analogs would leak smoke.
I can't remember if there is a connector under the tank that will allow it to crank over, but not start.
You do understand the part about the spark plug against the engine, right? If you do pull the plug, blow the dirt out from around it first. IF the electronics are okay, But, the battery is less than optimal, then, with the plug out, the starter motor isn't loading the battery much, and the plug might spark. A plug held against the engine, while the spark plug is IN the engine, will show you if the battery and ignition system will fire the plug while the battery is being challenged by spinning over the motor. It's not impossible that you've just lived through the death of a spark plug. You did say it felt like it was trying to run, losing power, but now, no spark..
How do you know that there is no spark? Have you shot anything into the intake? Ether, anything that burns,
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