FC42V Kawasaki

[garyslawn]

Have 12hp Kaw with no spark. was running great and just quit. I have disconnected all safty switches, still now spark. I am thinking bad coil. People tell me coils dont go bad in them . Any Idea? Thanks, Gary

[Restrorob]

Originally Posted by garyslawn

People tell me coils dont go bad in them

Gary, These "people" don't know what their talking about !

Kawasaki's have a reputation for eating coils, There were two different ignition systems used on the FC420's dependent on spec numbers.

One uses a ignitor along with the coil, The ignitor is mounted to the outside of the flywheel cover about a 1/2" square silver box with the kill wire hooked to it. If you don't have the ignitor just replace the coil, If you do have one a coil test with a multimeter will be required to tell which is faulty.....

[The Lawn Ranger CT.]

Gary~
I have to more than agree with Restrorob~ Though different than your 12hp I have a Kaw fh500v and I can't tell you how many times a coil has dropped on me...I just recently replaced 2 coils that I bought only 8 months ago , to solve this very problem~

[garyslawn]

please tell me how to check with meter tks

[Restrorob]

Coil test;




There were two different style igniters used, Choose the one that looks like your's;

[garyslawn]

RRob: I have replaced the coil with a new one / all safty switches disconnected.. NO SPARK.. Any Ideas? Thanks Gary

[Restrorob]

Get me the full engine model AND spec numbers off the white bar code label affixed to the engine block.....

Did you set coil to flywheel magnet air gap to .010/.012 ?

[Patriot Services]

Did you check for an ignitor? I've had these fail far more often than a coil. Its really a basic system. Ignitors run about 50 bucks.
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[piston slapper]

Gary....the kaw fb460v is a 12 1|2 hp engine...
The fc420 is a 14 hp engine...though it shouldn't make much of a difference..as they both share the same ignition systems....
Here's an easy way to figure out if you have an ignition that uses a regular coil or one that uses a coil along with an igniter...
Look at thr flywheel magnet...
If the magnet has 2 screws in it...it uses a coil with a separate igniter..
If the magnet has 1 screw in it....it uses a coil with the igniter built into it...
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[The Lawn Ranger CT.]

Piston~
I have a Fh500v-BS06 with 2 screws in the magnet, would that go the same for mine~?