I have a 2003 Norwood sawmill powered by a 20hp Honda motor. Tried to get her fired up today. Put the jumper cables to "er (battery wasn"t disconnected or anything over the winter and the store is closed so"s I can"t replace it) and she fired up good. Took the cables off, made one cut and noticed the deck wasn"t bang on so I shut "er down and re-levelled the deck. Boosted her and she started again and was running so"s I took the cables off and after about 30 seconds she died. Boosted again, same thing. Son of a gun, the gas must be bad as she"s getting air, spark and fuel so I put in fresh gas with treatment and stabilizer and changed the fuel filter just in case. Boosted her again and she ran even smoother, tried to make a cut and got about ten feet down and she died. Boosted her and she did it again.
It seems like this lil motor is dying when I take the cables off it. With that being said it should run off the battery anyway, these lil gas motors should have a alternator or something of the sort to keep the electricity flowing shouldn"t it? Must be some kinda magnet/flywheel generator I would imagine so"s if there is such a thing, how would I go about testing it to make sure it"s making it"s own electricity for the 2 sparkplugs?
It seems like this lil motor is dying when I take the cables off it. With that being said it should run off the battery anyway, these lil gas motors should have a alternator or something of the sort to keep the electricity flowing shouldn"t it? Must be some kinda magnet/flywheel generator I would imagine so"s if there is such a thing, how would I go about testing it to make sure it"s making it"s own electricity for the 2 sparkplugs?