04-05-20, 02:13 AM
This is something you could try. Ive done it before to kick an engine into life.
Youll need an extra pair of hands, old spark plugs (optional) two spark plug sockets and a small blowtorch. And good gloves.
What you do is simply heat the end of the spark plugs,, and only the end. And the quicker you do it the better it works. That's where the second pair of hands comes in, one each side of engine.
Take plugs out and heat just the end of the plug, Not Red Hot , but get them fairly hot as you want the still to be hot when you put them back in. As I said the quicker you get them in the better. Take care not to over tighten plugs when putting them in !!! at this point they just have to be IN , slightly loose by a turn wont matter at this point , as you just want to keep heat in the plugs to try and start the engine.
Have the choke set to half open, and no throttle in the first instance. Only throttle if she fires.
Have a wee try to see how quick you can put plugs back in and remember they don't have to be exactly tightened. If you use an old set of plugs , youll change them back to good ones . You can while plugs are heating put a small amount of grease around plug holes just to help putting them in when they are hot. REMEMBER when applying heat to plugs, only the very end of the plug, You can hit the first couple of threads but try not too. I have done this in the past and it works. If you can keep the heat in the plug , it gives the impression you are starting a warm engine. And so if you apply a spark to heat, if there is any fuel in any of those bores it will fire.
I used to use one of those portable gas cookers as you can place the plugs around the flame. And on this to give some idea of heat required ,at least 5 mins on a portable gas cooker. If you try this and get no fire in any cylinder then defenetly no fuel is getting in there.
Then going back a bit you said this problem started after being out in the rain. Is something electrical killing the engine.
Well I hope you give this a try, and if she fires remember she might be rough so don't throttle to much as choke is half open.