

Its definitely possible you have a problem with the stator coil if water got in there and corroded it all, but usually even then i find its just a broken solder joint and a quick touch up with the soldering iron gets it working again. Find products of Engines & Engine Parts with high quality at. I just took a 24v bulb, but a 12v bulb would work to its just what i had laying in the junk box, and put a clip lead on for the ground and a bullet connector to plug into that wire. Get oil drain plug spring screen at a bigger saving. I made a test light for checking them this year, my old faithful one broke. But even with the recoil you will see voltage, if you have an analog voltmeter that works even better for this cause you can see the needle swing on the meter faster then you can see the digital meters digits change up and down. If it was an electric start you can usually read around 10-20v AC output on that wire when spinning it over with the starter. If you have a voltmeter set it to AC volts, put the positive lead on the black/red wire and the negative lead to the motor case, pull it over a few times, you should see voltage. The ATC 185 was released in 1980 and became one of the most popular three-wheelers of all time.

I replaced six of them this summer alone on a junkers i got running and fixed up for people. The 1980s brought explosive growth in the ATV market, and Hondas ATC led the way. I go through CDI units like arse wipe here. Ive been using 10W40 wet clutch oil, which I think is Honda spec. I would almost bet on the CDI, seems like every time i get one with a no spark condition the first thing i do is just grab a spare CDI and toss it on and it fires up.
