Kohler K161 not getting spark

[ghost1]

Rebuilding an older K161 and it will only spark once in about five pulls. It has new points and condenser. Can coil be causing the problem? I thought they either worked or didn't.

 

[Fish]

Do you have a battery ignition, or a magneto type? Got any pics? Is this the one that you were trying to figure out what it was?.
If so, you better throw up some pics......

 

[ghost1]

Yes same engine with magneto..View attachment 21863View attachment 21864

 

[Fish]

That condenser is older than I am.

 

[ghost1]

I had the new one on, but was checking to see if it might have been a bad condenser and replaced old one with same results.

 

[Fish]

Can you snap a pic of the new condenser?

 

[ghost1]

It came as a kit for that engineView attachment 21865

 

[Rivets]

Remove the kill wire from the circuit, set the point gap at .018 and check for spark. This manual. Sec. 8 might also help.
http://www.mymowerparts.com/pdf/Koh...al-K91-K141-K161-K181-K241-K301-K321-K341.pdf

 

[ghost1]

Thanks for info. Gap is set at .020 but will adjust to .018... No kill wire on this system.. Point cover has button to push. Can a coil going bad produce this kind of symptom???

 

[Rivets]

You do have a kill wire. It is the extra wire attached to the condenser.