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542b Wont start, no spark
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<blockquote data-quote="jcoop" data-source="post: 43431" data-attributes="member: 5613"><p>Hello, Just joined the skidsteer forum mainly because I am haveing problems with my 542b. for the last week or two it would be running and then just die, it would restart but repeat. Has got to the point where it will just start then die. Had no spark from coil, so I did a resistance check on the primary and secondary windings. On the primary I had apx 2 ohms and on the secondary 3k ohms. best I could tell the 3k should have been more like 10k. First I called Bobcat and they told me to go to NAPA for a generic coil. They could not tell me if I needed a coil for an internal or external resistor. I took a shot in the dark and got one with an internal resistor. There was no lable on the old one so it was a guess. Talking with a coworker last night he suggested that because I have just less than 10vdc on the hot side of the coil it needed a coil that would use an external resistor. I could go to napa and just get another coil, but don't want to toss $30.00 down the drain. It also seams like the ground side of the coil has an open, I did a resistance check on the wire and it is open to ground. I jumpered that wire to ground and had no change. I called bobcat about a schematic for the wiring and there only option was to order a manual at $80+ and they had no idea when it would come in or I could take it in. I really feel like I can fix this I just need a wiring schematic for the Ford industrial engine that powers it. Believe it is a 1.1L 25hp engine. Thank you John Cooper</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jcoop, post: 43431, member: 5613"] Hello, Just joined the skidsteer forum mainly because I am haveing problems with my 542b. for the last week or two it would be running and then just die, it would restart but repeat. Has got to the point where it will just start then die. Had no spark from coil, so I did a resistance check on the primary and secondary windings. On the primary I had apx 2 ohms and on the secondary 3k ohms. best I could tell the 3k should have been more like 10k. First I called Bobcat and they told me to go to NAPA for a generic coil. They could not tell me if I needed a coil for an internal or external resistor. I took a shot in the dark and got one with an internal resistor. There was no lable on the old one so it was a guess. Talking with a coworker last night he suggested that because I have just less than 10vdc on the hot side of the coil it needed a coil that would use an external resistor. I could go to napa and just get another coil, but don't want to toss $30.00 down the drain. It also seams like the ground side of the coil has an open, I did a resistance check on the wire and it is open to ground. I jumpered that wire to ground and had no change. I called bobcat about a schematic for the wiring and there only option was to order a manual at $80+ and they had no idea when it would come in or I could take it in. I really feel like I can fix this I just need a wiring schematic for the Ford industrial engine that powers it. Believe it is a 1.1L 25hp engine. Thank you John Cooper [/QUOTE]
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