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Canadian Daves JustKDX
Need HELP with intermittent ignition problem...
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[QUOTE="dirt bike dave, post: 1359177, member: 18302"] There was a range specified in the old '84 owner's manual for resistance across the stator. Sorry - can't remember what the figure was in ohms. I remember testing the resistance cold after I popped the flywheel off, just before I sent it in to be rewound, and it was in spec. I can't remember if it is something you can test with the flywheel on. Luckily for me, the stator rewind was the first thing I threw money at (cheaper than a CDI). It was an informed guess because I'd heard of it happening on the mid '80's KDXs (I was the original owner of my '84; the stator went bad about 1987). There was a guy in Colorado who used to advertise in Cycle News, and I sent it to him. He's no longer around, but there are other places like Ricky Stator. It does seem rare on the '89+, but your symptoms sound exactly like what mine did. First time it happened, the bike stalled on a trail ride. Let it cool a few minutes - everything was fine for the rest of the day. Next time on the bike, I was at a MX track/small park. Died after a 30 minutes or so of running. Took at least 10 minutes to restart. By the time I got back to the truck, it was dieing again. Let it cool 30 minutes or so, then the bike ran about 20 minutes before it died. Took a long time to restart. Brought the bike home, knowing I had a problem. Started looking for the problem. Would do lots of testing and tuning. Bike would start fine when cold, run 15 minutes before stalling. then 10 . Then 5. Harder to start each time. By the time I sent the stator off to rewind, it would barely start cold, and would run less than 5 minutes and have to cool down completely before it would restart. It was 100% cured with a rewound stator installed. [/QUOTE]
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