LT80 startfailure
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LT80 startfailure
Hi guys.
Last summer i bought a very rough LT80 for my kids. I got it to run most of the summer more or less ok and had plans to do a full restoration during the winter. At the end of the summer it started to get very hard to start at first. But when i finaly got it running it started directly when pushing the startbutton. So the winter came and my kids wanted to run it on the snow. Offcourse the battery was dead so i tried to use a helpstarter connected to the battery. At first it turned over but didn´t ignite. After a few tries it just clicked when pushing the startbutton.
Since then i have bought a new startmotor, new batteri and sparkplug. But still, the relay just clicks when i push the startbutton.
Any ideas where to go next?
Last summer i bought a very rough LT80 for my kids. I got it to run most of the summer more or less ok and had plans to do a full restoration during the winter. At the end of the summer it started to get very hard to start at first. But when i finaly got it running it started directly when pushing the startbutton. So the winter came and my kids wanted to run it on the snow. Offcourse the battery was dead so i tried to use a helpstarter connected to the battery. At first it turned over but didn´t ignite. After a few tries it just clicked when pushing the startbutton.
Since then i have bought a new startmotor, new batteri and sparkplug. But still, the relay just clicks when i push the startbutton.
Any ideas where to go next?
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Any idea from wich yearmodels this button was added? I have no idea which yearmodel i have.
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It turned out to be that button under right rear fender. I bypassed it and then it turned over fine. Do you really need it? Should I get a new one?
About the vin, I found a combination on the cross member in front, but it is so corroded I couldn't see what it said.
Anyhow... since I pretty much teared it apart to change the starter I think I will do a complete check. New/refurbished carburetor, reed valve, etc etc. I bought a carburatorkit with gaskets and everything but still it won't run on full throttle. Luckily there is e few month of winter left here in Sweden before the atv season starts.
About the vin, I found a combination on the cross member in front, but it is so corroded I couldn't see what it said.
Anyhow... since I pretty much teared it apart to change the starter I think I will do a complete check. New/refurbished carburetor, reed valve, etc etc. I bought a carburatorkit with gaskets and everything but still it won't run on full throttle. Luckily there is e few month of winter left here in Sweden before the atv season starts.
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First of all when I start it for the first time I have to like yoke the throttle and the choke up and down. Eventually it starts when i have full throttle. By this time it's like if I have filled the exhaust with fuel which it spits out and the engine runs very unclean at the beginning. Then when I drive it and puts the pedal to the metal I chokes. I would say half throttle is OK, no more.
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You need to buy an inline fuel filter and shutoff 1/4" at autozone etc. Your fuel is leaking by the factory shutoff filling the carb then seeping by float needle filling your cylinder causing the flooding situation. You might try that and take the bolt out bottom of exhaust stand quad up and let the fuel run out the exhaust start let run then put fresh plug in and see if where that gets ya. Also welcome to the forum.
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Yes I have cleaned it. Also I bought a new thingie (don't now the English word for it) to close of the fuel and added a fuelfilter.
The reeds looks fine to me. If I try to blow some air through it, there a little bit of resistance at the beginning, then it seems to open up.
A new problem occurred to day. I was trying to fix some electrical issues and messed up the socket where the starter relay goes. I have searched the Internet for a new socket without success. Is there any chance you can just get the socket for the relay?
The reeds looks fine to me. If I try to blow some air through it, there a little bit of resistance at the beginning, then it seems to open up.
A new problem occurred to day. I was trying to fix some electrical issues and messed up the socket where the starter relay goes. I have searched the Internet for a new socket without success. Is there any chance you can just get the socket for the relay?