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Damn, that is about the identical situation I had last week out at the Highlands. Maybe we can kill 2 birds with one stone. I've eliminated fuel issues at least up to the carbs.
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It's not a fuel issue definitely electrical , the way she was running definitely electrical. What motor do you have?
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Go to harbor freight and pick up a fire fly type spark plug tester, less than 5 bucks

https://www.harborfreight.com/90-in-...ker-63593.html

Run it on the hose to see if it’s firing on all cylinders

Is your tach acting wacky
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I should probably start a new thread so not to hijack this one. but yes as I was playing around with fuel lines and such the tach would read zero at times and work normally at others
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It's not a fuel issue definitely electrical , the way she was running definitely electrical. What motor do you have?
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Tach was good, I had the stator replaced 2 years ago along with the trigger but I have had issues with my stators,
I must have had them replaced 5 times and one within a year. Can a switch box be tested?
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Only way i know is to swap it and if problem goes to other 3 plugs, its a bad box..

Also if you replace one, might as well do both
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Yes phat but does the stator fire three plugs on one side what I mean if I'm losing three plugs on one side I know it could be a switch box but can a stator do the same thing?
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I am not a mechanic, but the way i understand it, if your motor is charging, your stator is working.

The switch boxes are like a distributor on a car, sends the fire to the right plug at the right time.

Have u determined that it is only hitting on 3 cylinders?
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