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bystarter

Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 3:40 pm
by brad 30
i took of the bystartes hooked up 12 volts to it and it gets a little hot but needle wont move how do i tell if this is bad or not i put a ohm meter and it read about 3 ohms it should be no more then 10 ohms help thanks

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 12:31 pm
by eman916
Looks like you got a bad bystarter. Disable it like I did or get a new one.

Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 1:27 pm
by brad 30
great job all it was the bystartes thanks again for the help :D

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:49 pm
by ADNOH
What's a bystarter?

RM.

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:53 pm
by brad 30
its like a choke it is on the carb,

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 3:48 pm
by MySpree
yea, without it sprees are crap

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:51 am
by ADNOH
Thanks Brad. Trouble is, I've never had any trouble with my Sprees (that's ASKING for it!) in 20 years, so I have not become familiar with pulling them apart!

RM

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:09 pm
by sdbrehm
eman916 wrote:Looks like you got a bad bystarter. Disable it like I did or get a new one.
How do you disable it? I'm having trouble starting my '86 Spree and measured the resistance last night at 4 ohms. Carb and fuel delivery look ok otherwise.

This is one I've just acquired and never had running. Owner said it had worked fine previously, but it has been sitting unused for awhile.

It starts when I kick it over, runs 5-10 seconds, and dies. Battery is dead, but all lights and horn works while it is running.

Scott

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:10 pm
by vonchuk
Sounds like you have a pluged up carburetor. It starts from the fuel supplied by the bistarter but runs out of fuel when the bistarter closes. Your idle and main jets need cleaning.

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:26 pm
by sdbrehm
eman916 wrote:Looks like you got a bad bystarter. Disable it like I did or get a new one.
How do you disable it? I'm having trouble starting my '86 Spree and measured the resistance last night at 4 ohms. Carb and fuel delivery look ok otherwise.

This is one I've just acquired and never had running. Owner said it had worked fine previously, but it has been sitting unused for awhile.

It starts when I kick it over, runs 5-10 seconds, and dies. Battery is dead, but all lights and horn works while it is running.

Scott