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Old 08-19-2018, 01:58 PM
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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.
 
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Old 08-20-2018, 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.
 
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Old 08-20-2018, 03:28 AM
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I have spark and have the choke on when trying to start it but it just endlessly cranks
 
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Old 08-21-2018, 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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Old 08-21-2018, 04:07 AM
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I have the valves set at intake; .13mm exhaust .18mm and I have it timed properly lf300 mark pointing at top mark on head while the T is line up on the hole on the crank
 
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Old 08-22-2018, 02:05 AM
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And the T mark matches the piston being at Top Dead Centre? If it is, and you have a spark, the problem has to be the carb.
 
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Old 08-22-2018, 06:54 AM
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Shouldn’t it still start though with starting fluid even if the carburetor is bad
 
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Old 08-23-2018, 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?
 
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Old 08-23-2018, 04:14 AM
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Yes the engine is at TDC when the T mark is in the viewing hole
 
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If sometimes fuel will pour out of the exhaust, you have a carb problem.
 


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