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I have a 912ul that I am trying to do my first start on. I have had a no sark issue. After testing the stator per heavy maintenance manual and testing voltage on red wires to ignition modules while cranking I had no power to the modules. After replacing the stator I now have power to the modules but still no spark. I may be confused on how the ignition grounding works and I am thinking I need to flip the switches over for proper operation but I have tried starting grounded and ungrounded and nothing. Correct me if I'm wrong but grounding the ignition modules shuts them off? I bought a spark tester and tested both circuits A&B by placing the tester between the spark plug ignition cable and spark plug. I verified the tester worked on another engine as well. Right now I am thinking I need new ignition modules but seems weird that both A&B are not producing spark. Is there something I am missing?

  • Re: 912 ignition troubleshooting

    by » Yesterday


    Yes, grounding the ignition switch wires disables the ignition.

    When did the engine last run? Have you got known good components that are configured correctly?

    It is not unknown for both ignition modules to fail at cranking speeds. What happens is that the first one fails but is undetected because the engine is started by the remaining module that is still working. When that one eventually fails then that is when you realise that you have 2 faulty modules. I always start my engine on a singe module and I alternate between L & R so that I always test the each one can operate at cranking speeds.

    You can try heating (air gun) or cooling (ice pack) the modules to see if that helps. I would also check the pick up coil gaps, the HT coil connections and the earths.

     


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