What!??? My strimmer has contact points and a condenser? 

yes I'm surprised as well as they're all about 40 years old. I presume you also cleaned out your carb and changed the diaphragm? All thats left is the correct timing on these machines. Took me a long time to work out how to set mine.

@@davekennedy52 Yep, carb was rebuilt, that thing was nothing but trouble but finally got it working. Ran great when I drained the tank and ran it out of gas. Crank seals must have went or something. Points were clean and adjusted correctly. The sprak was so strong it made me feel sick for a day when I got shocked by it.

@@MattsRageFitGarage Sorry, but I had to laugh when I read about your strong spark. I got zapped when adjusting my distributer on my car, so I know the feeling. My Kioritz struggles a bit to start, I think its sucking in air past the carb/manifold gasket. but once its going its perfect. Prefer it to my other strimmers

@@davekennedy52 Yeah I've been shocked by some high powered ignition systems but that little srm200da was nasty.

@@MattsRageFitGarage sounds like user error to me, I've owned a few of the Echos and other brand varients and they have all been very reliable and rather peppy machines. Many others will agree with me on that, while you seem to be the minority. I am not denying you or your grandfather of said mehanical ability, but none of that matches my years of experience with the early kioritz power plants. Cheers bud🍻

took me by surprise when I opened up the back, its really one of my most interesting projects. It turned out that my no spark issue was due to worn out points and of course I then had a timing issue and I eventually found the timing marks on the outside of the flywheel. Good luck with yours

Hi stewart, if your multimeter registers "1" or infinity then your coil is shot. Just make sure that the spark plug wire itself is making contact with the coiled spring inside the spark plug boot. Mine had come loose! I've given you the part number of the coil on your previous message. You could also have a look at my video on replacing a spark plug boot. If you need more info just let me know

Thanks Chuck, this is by far my favourite trimmer! The points were a surprise and it took me a long time to figure out how to reset the timing after I put in new points. Thanks for watching:)😀

Love these old machines, but yes, parts are hard to come by. I bought a set of points from someone in the US. Here's where I got my coil in France and looks like he might have what you're looking for. : www.nicobrico24400-motoculture.com/pieces-pour-tronconneuses/797-bobine-allumage-tronconneuse-echo-302-.html

Hi Martin, the part number for the coil is 156 126 0463 0. Check this on ebay: www.ebay.com/itm/Echo-156-126-0463-Ignition-Coil-/114524645767

Thanks as I'm in the uk .by the time I've purchased and paid delivery and import tax its triple what it's worth.i was hoping to install an upgrade if there is such a thing. Thanks for your help

After watching your guitar video, I thought you were from the US. I live in France. I know the postage is crazy but there are other makes that have the same motor, like Weedeater, Echo, Sears...check in the comments below. I think that the Echo might have an electronic upgrade. Good luck!

no idea Andrew, I paid 30Euro but would have gladly paid 10 times that for a new one, they're incredible machines and nicknamed "the little wonder". Parts are difficult to find these days

I'm trying to sell the one I have. I greased up the gear box. It's clean too. I have a kid on the way

I'll put a video up showing you that I'm serious.

The problem is that these Chinese made strimmers are so damn cheap, people buy them and keep them for a few seasons and then dump them. so your Kioritz is made in Japan and is very reliable but will probably only be sold to an enthusiast. Congrats on your kid

looking forward to seeing it

Hi Stewart, most people have never heard about this fantastic little motor, so I'm happy to find someone who actually has one! The spec for the coil is between 5 and 6 k ohms. My test showed 4,83 so I thought I had a coil problem. Managed to find a second hand one on a French website called LebonCoin. That gave a reading of 4,80 k ohms and the guy told me that it was from a working machine. my machine is a Kioritz but was also made by Echo. Echo is the factory in the USA. After a lot of blood, sweat and tears I finally found a set of points on ebay and when I put those in, I could at last get a spark. My coil part number is 156 1260 4630 and the set of points is 156 1010 4630. I had to reset the timing on the machine and the timing marks are on the side of the flywheel.

@@davekennedy52 Thanks for the timely reply. Checked and re did plug wire connection. I need the coil, points and condenser probably ok. Put the coil number into google and youtube with nothing resembling the correct part. Any further guidance on obtaining replacement coil appreciated!!

@@davekennedy52 I've recently aquired an srm200da, along with a "Mini Weedy" made by Weedeater, uses a nearly identical engine (keh2020) by kioritz. Great running machines once I went thru them, couldn't resist grabbing them up knowing they had points/condenser being they're age, paid a whopping 30$ for the pair at local yard sale. 🍻

@@2strokejunkie686 Took me by complete surprise when I opened it up and now I prefer it to my other 2 strimmers. If I could find another one I'd buy it as well.

@@davekennedy52 yeah I've worked on many of the Early Echos and other brands of the era,so I knew as soon as I saw them. Nearly anything made before let's say 78-80 Is going to run points/condenser from lawnmowers to chainsaws, aswell as Weedeaters/strimmers.

Love these engines! Yours sounded great (watched the video). Do you have the specs for the machine? Although my coil reading was less than spec it still works. i have a video on my channel showing how to check a condenser. The points were my problem. Once I put the new ones in, it took a month before I figured out how to reset the ignition timing. There are timing marks on the outside of the flywheel casing. You might also have them. Good luck!

@@davekennedy52 Honestly I don't know much about it, I have an older video on my channel of when I got it running at my dads house when he found it under the porch, had been there for 20 years behind his furnace fuel tank. No idea where it came from. Spun the nut on the back side with a drill for a minute and hit the carb with starting fluid and it fired. The carb was trash and I put an ebay carb on it, and the shaft sheared the gear off at the head so I had to put the SRM200 shaft on it from another trimmer I had with a busted engine and I used it a ton before the whole no spark, I think it was just a rebranded srm200 the "weed eater" company stole basically. They just flipped the engine upside down. I'm going to test the coil tonight and see if it's junk, I did find new old stock parts on ebay I ordered so I should be able to get it to run either way though I've always had trouble getting the carb just right. It always borders on too rich and blows fuel back out the carb instead of revving up unless I adjust the idle high. Still usable though.

@@brians-misadventures looking forward to following your progress

@@davekennedy52 So my coil tests 5.07 ohms resistance, seems good there. I got new points in the mail today, in way better shape since they were in a sealed bag than what I've got, however my condenser doesn't ohm out at all. I have a box full of them but none that are the right size, but was able to make sure I'm doing the test properly and get the ohms increasing from 5-20 before maxing out on other ones. I get a new one of those in the mail tomorrow so I should be able to button things back up and at least get as far as getting spark again. I honestly don't think my model has timing marks on the other side of the crank so I'm hoping I can just re-assemble things. I haven't spun the crank since disassembling it, marked where everything was with sharpie.

@@davekennedy52 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-z1EKv5FHBH4.html I was sent the wrong condenser of course.. but it does spark despite the odd mounting, however it won't run at all. I got it to cough one time in 20 minutes of pulling. Plug was wet, carb seems ok, tried starting fluid, tried torching the plug and a new plug.. just doesn't run. Not even sure what else to do, might be junk.