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zxr 400 project, brains blank
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 5:29 am
by toksiczxr
Hi everyone I have read almost all the post on here and I just cant get this beast to start, so I have a buggy with a zxr 400 h1 engine in it, it was starting and running until bam no more spark, so I looked all thru the internet got to here and found it was the regulator, I have now purchased a second hand regulator that looks good, put it in and nope still no spark, yet I have power to the igniton, the loom was dodgy so I pulled it all out and got a secondhand uncut loom, and still no spark, have checked coils, plugs, leads, wiring, timing, flywheel/alternator, pickup coil, carbs, fuel pump, has good compression, has good battery. can some one please help me!!! :smt013
Re: zxr 400 project, brains blank
Posted: Wed May 08, 2013 9:57 am
by banner001
cdi perhaps?
the reg/rec is only needed to charge the battery.
as arsy as it sounds, you are going to have to trace every wire of the ignition circuit, there is a manual on the front page (
http://www.zxrworld.co.uk/zxr400/manual.html), you must have a break somewhere, also check for disabled things like clutch lever, sidestand switch (which will have been removed for your buggy)...as all these things contribute to the CDi not potentially allowing a spark to fire.
Re: zxr 400 project, brains blank
Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 11:30 pm
by toksiczxr
Hi thanks yeah I got another cdi on the way, I also still have the complete loom so it still has the side stand wires wich I had joined, and even when the clutch is fully engaged it still wont spark. but a few weeks ago it was running until the reg/rectifier blew.
Re: zxr 400 project, brains blank
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 4:58 am
by toksiczxr
ive narrowed it down to either being the cdi unit, or the pickup coil,
Re: zxr 400 project, brains blank
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 8:43 am
by banner001
you've also gone through the fuses in the fusebox, as well as the 30A fuse attached to the starter relay i presume?