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55utilitysedan


Location: Litchfield County, CT.
Joined: Dec 19, 2011
Points: 41

Looking for some advice......
Original Message   Dec 22, 2012 2:40 pm
Last week my neighbor dropped off an Encore walk behind mower. A Pro-Line Pro 48, model: 48K200 s/n: 7427. With a Kawasaki engine, FC420V 14 h.p., code:FC420V-AS15. No spark, he got it for free. I'm thinking somewhere around 18 years old? I pulled the blower cover, pulled the plug, hooked up my B&S spark tester spun it around and no spark. I then disconnected the grounding wire from the magneto to isolate it , spun it up again and no spark. I bought a new mag (OEM), it fired right up. The next day I have no spark again, then I found it has a spark igniter, could it need this unit also or could this mag have crapped out?  I never worked on an engine with a spark igniter before and it has become a PITA. All the safety switches seem to function well. This has gone past the brain teaser for me. Either the igniter or am I missing something. When the engine did fire up it ran like a top and I ran it around my back yard, maybe I should have not shut her down?.......LOL     
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55utilitysedan


Location: Litchfield County, CT.
Joined: Dec 19, 2011
Points: 41

Re: Looking for some advice......
Reply #2   Dec 26, 2012 2:27 pm
Thank you Bill_H,  That service manual was one of the best i've seen, now I hope to use the info to straighten out the beast.......Happy New Year.....
55utilitysedan


Location: Litchfield County, CT.
Joined: Dec 19, 2011
Points: 41

Re: Looking for some advice......
Reply #3   Dec 29, 2012 12:37 pm
Eureka!!......I have found it........With the new igniter I have spark again.......I like the all-in-one mag/coil/igniters better, one shot deal. Just when I thought the spark was good(with the new coil), the igniter must have been on the way. Now I have ridden the learning curve again (never new of igniters before). Thanks again Bill_H for the Service manual...........Happy New Year everybody!!!......
Bill_H


Location: Maine
Joined: Jan 12, 2008
Points: 354

Re: Looking for some advice......
Reply #4   Dec 29, 2012 7:48 pm
Congrats!

Glad we could help.
This message was modified Dec 29, 2012 by Bill_H


Who the hell let all the morning people run things?
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