I didn’t know there was a kill wire on each “coil”, nor did I know this kill line had a rectifier diode in series with it. Now to find the specs on what this kill line diode is. That would be a kicker to find “it” is the problem instead of the Nikki carburetor needing a rebuild kit!
Each side has a diode to keep them from back feeding each other. So if one goes bad it won’t kill the other as well. Easier to diagnose the bad coil issue I guess.
@@smallequipmentmaintenancee3062, I’m going to remove the heat shrink tubing and get the part number off the diode. I’ll then look it up to see what it is. It can’t be anything special. That’s going into part of the world I retired from, looking up electronic parts. These are axial leaded units. The last parts I was replacing were surface mount units.
There was a video that showed when these diodes start to go bad they’ll start to cause the engine to die when they get hot. I’m experiencing this after about 30 minutes of use. True or not true??
It's possible. You would have to get the eng model and find a parts list with the part number of the engine wire harness to see if there's diodes in it.
