Hi,
Ok...first of all I am writing this for my husband who is at work withour access to internet. So..if I don't use the exact correct wording I apologize. We are suppose to be going on a road run on Saturday and have been having trouble with his Indian Four. It is a '39. I have my bike running (it is a 1970 Honda and was my moms when she was a teenager) and my husband doesn't really want to do the road run on the back of my bike...ha ha
So..in a nutshell, the Four quit running last year and because of time and just not knowing where to start we have just let it sit. So several weeks ago Matt decided to at least put new wires and plugs on it. When he took the screw out to take off the holder for the wires it reavealed the rocker towers and there was our problem! The back tower was broken and thanks to this forum we were able to get a new tower from Guy Henderson. We put it back together with new plugs wires and battery and it fired right up!
Then about 20 minutes later as he was riding down the road it just quit and he couldn't get any spark. We brought it home cleaned the points and it started up and did the same thing. Ran for 10 minutes and then quit with no spark again.
Well...since then we have put on a new coil and condenser and it did same thing..started and the quit..no spark. We tried hotwiring to bypass the ignition just in case switch is bad and still no spark. We have no more ideas. If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear! Thanks so much Tiffany
Ok...first of all I am writing this for my husband who is at work withour access to internet. So..if I don't use the exact correct wording I apologize. We are suppose to be going on a road run on Saturday and have been having trouble with his Indian Four. It is a '39. I have my bike running (it is a 1970 Honda and was my moms when she was a teenager) and my husband doesn't really want to do the road run on the back of my bike...ha ha
So..in a nutshell, the Four quit running last year and because of time and just not knowing where to start we have just let it sit. So several weeks ago Matt decided to at least put new wires and plugs on it. When he took the screw out to take off the holder for the wires it reavealed the rocker towers and there was our problem! The back tower was broken and thanks to this forum we were able to get a new tower from Guy Henderson. We put it back together with new plugs wires and battery and it fired right up!
Then about 20 minutes later as he was riding down the road it just quit and he couldn't get any spark. We brought it home cleaned the points and it started up and did the same thing. Ran for 10 minutes and then quit with no spark again.
Well...since then we have put on a new coil and condenser and it did same thing..started and the quit..no spark. We tried hotwiring to bypass the ignition just in case switch is bad and still no spark. We have no more ideas. If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear! Thanks so much Tiffany
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