We figured out that my ignition switch is bad,,waiting on a new one from Argo Adventures. We tried to ground out the stud above the starter and that did nothing. If I put downward pressure on the key, my gauges light up which is a first.
We figured out that my ignition switch is bad,,waiting on a new one from Argo Adventures. We tried to ground out the stud above the starter and that did nothing. If I put downward pressure on the key, my gauges light up which is a first.
interesting thanks for getting back to this thread.
Changed the switch, gauges work now but still doesn't kill the engine when I turn it off.
So if you have tried grounding the stud, coming out from the right hand side of engine looking at it, to a good ground and nothing happens, I would assume the diode wire has gone bad. That would involve removing the shroud for access.Originally Posted by RICK55FLA
This is assuming you are working on a B&S.
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yes 23 hp B&S
Typically if the diode goes bad it kills spark to one cylinder (rear one). perhaps the diode wire is MIA or at minimum not hooked to the ground stud inside the flywheel cover
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I will pull the rear plug and check for spark. As slow as this thing is, it would make sense if there is no spark and only running on 1 cyl.
Any advice on removing the rubber thing between the motor and the side air inlet??
What I would do is pull the shroud off and make sure that the wires to both coils are hooked up and if so check the diode in the kill wire, utube has tutorials on all this stuff, then you will know what wire should go to ground. Then using a test light, determine which wire to your ignition switch goes to ground when the key is in the off position. The black wire from your coils hooks into that wire. Be aware that if you feed 12 volts into that black wire you may fry your coils, or diode. Not 100% sure on that, but read that somewhere. Just make sure the black wire from the coils goes to ground. A real pain in the butt, but may solve your problem.
we spent the morning trying to get the air funnel off and out of the way,,ended up cutting it in half so I could get the engine shroud off. Found both the ground wire and the plug wire had been chewed in half and the coil has gnaw marks on it. It has only been running on 1 cyl that's why it's such a Dog! The only coils I can find are for an Intek 16-22 hp I hope they interchange?? Local shop wants $60 per coil.
It boggles my mind how Argo can still be in business and Max is gone. Argo is a complete mechanical nightmare.
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