HELP!!!! 2001 Kawasaki Lakota 300 won’t start
Aug 19, 2018 | 01:58 PM
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HELP!!!! 2001 Kawasaki Lakota 300 won’t start
I have a Kawasaki Lakota 300 that I’ve been trying to get running ever since I got it. I’ve tried everything to my knowledge but still no start. Every time I try and start it (I use a wire from positive end of battery straight to starter motor) and it will just crank over forever. I have got a new piston and bored out the cylinder. I have about 90 psi out of the cylinder. And sometimes fuel will pour out of the exhaust but that’s kind of rare. I have no clue what’s wrong and have no idea how to fix it, please any ideas will be much appreciated.
Aug 20, 2018 | 01:52 AM
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First thing is to check if you are getting a spark at the plug. As you are not using the start button, I guess there must be an electrical fault, and Lakotas are DC ignition, so need battery power to produce a spark. You should get over 90psi on a re-bored cylinder too, but if everything else was right, it should start OK on 90 psi.
Aug 21, 2018 | 02:01 AM
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Right, so as you took the cam chain off, have you checked that you got the timing right? Did you check that the T mark on the flywheel was actually TDC by the piston when you had the head off? Did you set the valve clearances at TDC on the Compression stroke?
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Aug 23, 2018 | 02:08 AM
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Not if it is already getting too much fuel, or very little. The mixture has to be within a narrow margin of "just right" for an engine to fire at all. Have you checked the T mark against TDC yet?
