Super Jet New total loss problem

[McDog]

Total loss issues again

Had some ignition issues today. The MSD dual channel total loss is acting funny. It will just die for no reason after running anywhere from 1 second to a couple of minutes. Then it won't start because of what seems like a lack of spark. If I turn the on/off switch for it off and back on again it will immediately start. The LED is blinking. The only thing I can figure is a bad ground or connection somewhere or maybe a bad pickup?

The ski wouldn't start at all at the beginning of the day except for a short burst then immediately stopping. Then it suddenly started working with the above symptoms. It's weird because I didn't disconnect anything except for the on off switch and the start stop switch when I switched it from one hull to the other. They are all connected with bullet connectors.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

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[waterfreak]

When the led blinks, it usually means the battery is too low. Also, I would say that you may have a bad ground .
I always ran two heavy gauge ground cables to make sure.

 

[GIL]

Total loss issues again

Had some ignition issues today. The MSD dual channel total loss is acting funny. It will just die for no reason after running anywhere from 1 second to a couple of minutes. Then it won't start because of what seems like a lack of spark. If I turn the on/off switch for it off and back on again it will immediately start. The LED is blinking. The only thing I can figure is a bad ground or connection somewhere or maybe a bad pickup?

The ski wouldn't start at all at the beginning of the day except for a short burst then immediately stopping. Then it suddenly started working with the above symptoms. It's weird because I didn't disconnect anything except for the on off switch and the start stop switch when I switched it from one hull to the other. They are all connected with bullet connectors.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

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I had the EXACT same issue 3 weeks ago, looked at the fuse and it APPEARED fine-changed the fuse and fixed the problem!

 

[Jr Freestyle]

ya same here, my fuse looked perfectly fine, but i put a new one in and it was night and day different

 

[sjetrider]

same here but I believe it was due to the fuse being about 2 years old it had worn loose in the fuse holder from vibration. Squeesed holders down and change fues and fine.

 

[McDog]

New fuse. New connections for everything. New ground wires. Still doing it. LED is blinking once per second which is supposed to mean a pickup/input problem. I'm checking that out next. Irritating since it worked fine all summer and all I did was unbolt it and move it to a new hull. Always something.

 

[Aircraftsalz]

Shane check all the connectors, I had that happen with my LPW ski once.... It looked fine, but it wasn't I had to change that plug/harness. Make sure all the pins, etc are okay. Unless the magnet came lose from the FW you would have one cylinder firing without any issue, I would assume your running MSD Digital Muilt channel unit.

 

[McDog]

It is a 1 season old multichannel. I didn't redo the weatherpak connectors that came with it. I guess those could possibly have failed somehow. I'll get it figured out tomorrow or later this week.

 

[McDog]

I had moved one of the coils on the mounting plate. Somehow I put the grounding wire on the wrong mounting screw on the coil. Checked out fine after I moved it back to the correct side. I'm boiling my flywheel as I type this. Riding tomorrow.

 

[masterblaster]

Somehow I put the grounding wire on the wrong mounting screw on the coil. Checked out fine after I moved it back to the correct side.

the wrong mounting screw of the coil?

 

[McDog]

Each coil has two holes in it for mounting. One is supposed to be grounded and one is not even though they look the same.

 

[SUPERTUNE]

See page #2 for wiring diagram for 2 cylinder.
http://www.msdpowersports.com/pdf/frm21258_pn42351.pdf

 

[masterblaster]

wouldnt have guessed that would have made a diff,the coil looks the same on the back side,does it matter if they are bolted together?

 

[McDog]

Mine is bolted to plexiglass so no current passes between the bolts. It did make a difference. Works great when wired up as shown in the diagram. Go figure.

 

[Waternut]

It might be a single single pole coil thing. I know I've hooked up my double pole coil on my single channel total loss both ways and it worked the same.