bad spark on the Mule

[tokarev]

Being a Mule newbe I thought I would consult with the experts It recently started taking longer to start to now where it wont start at all. Today it did start and ran for a minute or so then backfired and died. I checked both plugs for spark and both sides will only spark for the first 2 to 3 revs then stop sparking. Any ideas on the cause? is this a bad mag? Thanks

 

[Charlie]

Pull the mag, take it apart and clean the inside with a wire brush on a Dremel tool. The inside of the mag is bad to corrode.

 

[bigmike]

Pull the mag, take it apart and clean the inside with a wire brush on a Dremel tool. The inside of the mag is bad to corrode.

there is a black connector where the spark plug wires go in. Take the connector out and clean the copper connections inside. mine was corroded there as well. clean and re-set the gap and you should be good to go. Be sure to re-set the timing. Bill Watson's website has a great step by step to do this.

 

[tokarev]

Its running again - the Mule

I bought this Mule last year at Aberdeen from Dave Kalone - it run fine for a few months then it died the day I moved it to my new shop in Dec. - come to find out the mag had issues so I brought it (the mag) to the Knob Creek MG shoot to hand off to David for repair. He repaired it (the mag) and the Mule seems to run better than it every did. I tried what people suggested but it didnt work for me.
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n34/tokarevsvt_2006/DSC05000.jpg

 

[Brant]

What is the gap on the points?


Brant

 

[doghead]

What is the gap on the points?


Brant

It's .008" - .012" for the 4 cylinder engine.


and, .015" for the 2 cylinder engine.