It's always such a relieving feeling when you finally get an old bike to spark and get it to start. Glad to seeing you work on the original engine on this one 😁

Just bought the same bike, in red too! No spark. This is invaluable advice thank you

Thank you for taking us along for the ride! I enjoyed watching the troubleshooting process. I had the same reaction as you did when you got it to start! Take care!

Well now i know how to trouble shoot without taking everything apart!! Thanks Mikey!🤘🏽

Gotta love the excitement when it fired up. Great vid.

Thanks so much for one of the best videos I have ever seen. So much for if it has flywheel magneto you (DON'T NEED A BATTERY) this is ture but if you don't loop the to black wires together at the battery it's going to be open circuit and no run. Thanks for teaching me that you can have a the light show points open and close and voltage. I would have put down money that a bad condenser would not show voltage, because it would have gone to ground. Thanks again for a really good video and teaching me what the to black wires at the Batt. are for and what a great test point it is. Sincerely Denis Kerechuk.

Always look forward to Your Videos on these bikes. Thanks so much. Carry on.

Super helpful in a number of ways thanks!

Great video! Yep, I learned a bit about diagnosing the lack of spark. Glad I found your channel.

Thank you for showing us how to take care of business, now I am your subscriber.

Having issues with a few Dax in the garage with no spark... this has helped me a great deal thank you! I have spark on a few still battling with a few but just realised my health and safety battery charger does not work unless connected to a batter :-) will have to go find an old-school one somewhere...Why they needed to put the coil where it is on these bikes is beyond me ;-)

Good job of tracing the problem !, some of my bikes have electrical problems due the age of 30 ,40 years .Usually the connections of wires are corroded to the point that currents can`t go through , high resistance. Looks look the moisture must have got in the codenser area with that white powder formed. Perhaps gaskset got weaker around the cover which could have break down to let moisture form. Good job and thanks for showing the video. Always i learned alot from your videos on maintaining these gems !

So enjoy your channel! You have helped so much

You saved my day..I now can trouble shoot my ct70..Thank you so much for your video! also want to say I subscribed to your channel and gave a thumbs up !

Amazing video Mike! You should keep the original engine on this one. :)

Very informative. Thanks Mike

Learned a lot. THANKS.

Great video!!

Good video on troubleshooting for spark . Video on rebuild stater keep this bike with original motor thanks again amazing video

Hey mate ty i confirm the magneto is working. Next would be coil for me

Excellent troubleshooting video Mike! Be thankful I'm not close to Indiana! I could learn so much visiting with you! LOL!!!

Great video….thank you!🇺🇸

Helpful video, thanks!

Mike "Merlin" doing his thing 🧙‍♂️🎇

thank you

Awesome

Great video. Working on my first CT70 K1 and this was very helpful. Question about the black jumper on the pigtail - I picked up a new wiring harness from CHP and there seems to be continuity between the black stator wire and the black ignition coil without the need for the jumper. Found an old wiring diagram and it shows that the jumper should be the only thing creating continuity between the two black wires. Wondering if you’ve seen this before? Guessing it won’t hurt to add the jumper anyway but it seems unnecessary, at least with this new harness I received?

Hey there! I have followed and passed your first 2 steps. However, during your 3rd step, checking the coil and attaching it to a 6v charger I’m getting no spark. I put the positive to the harness under the seat, spark plug up against the cylinder head, then negative to the engine case but still no spark. I need some help on what to do next. Also the coil is brand new. Thoughts?

Really learn thru your step by step diagnosis, how do you mouse proof the CT70's that you have sitting around. I have to keep mine in a shed and its not mouse proof whatsoever Also how can I look up the tools that you use?

So, when you put the test light into both ports on the plug and they both light the bulb (even without kicking the bike over) - I assume that means the points are stuck open?

good job

I thought if you were getting the light to flicker on the black stator wire, this would mean the condensor and the stator is working properly? Confused as I just seen a video where guy says if your getting the black stator wire to flicker it means everything on engine is fine and to look at wiring or coil problem.

One other question: My battery charger setting is 6V and 15 amp as the only setting. Is the amperage to much to use? Any other way to check the coil otherwise? Thanks

That dirty soldering tip and wires needed some flux…

Great video. Question: I did the test light test and the light does not flicker - it just stays on when cranking over. Are the points stuck together or something else? I have a flywheel puller on order so plan to take a look shortly

hi I see that you use your impact to run your engine but what type of socket do you use? nice video bye

hey Mike what brand of coil do you like? for 1970 CT70H

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Maybe the wire between when you move it it might lose connection

My 1977 ct 70 shows all the same signs and I replaced the points and the condenser but still no spark? Do you have any pointers?

I would like to get a bike from you how do I do that?

Misschien een idee om eens één ct70 met originele motor klaar te maken kijk er na uit

Always remember; Lefty tighty - righty loosie (I'm lex-dysic though)

How come whenever I find these little bikes, the wiring is a cobbled together mess of electrical tape and wire nuts???

No spark is the issue I'm having with my old trail 70.

Awesome