Need armatue help...

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Ok guys here goes while in the process of changing oil and cleaning my Briggs a little bit, one of the wires coming out of my motor to the armature came off and now I'm not sure were to put it back on... sorry I can't post pics camera died but If some of u guys could post pics of what yours looks like that would be helpful
 

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Hey Pellethuntr, I've got a few questions that might help us out here:

Do you know what model number and horse power rating your Briggs is?
Does your engine have an electric starter and battery?
Is there any lights on your kart?
Does your engine have a kill switch mounted somewhere?
 

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How many wires are coming out of your engine? (describe them)

Without a battery or lights on your kart you'd only need 1 wire going to a kill switch button . If you dont have one, the engine should probably still run fine without any external wire connections. Have you lost spark?
 

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sounds like your kill wire for sure, pull off the starter cover and thier is the coil above the flywheel the wire slips on thier good luck
 

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My kill switch is hooked up allready... but there is another wire coming out at the same spot. And yes I seem to have lost spark
 

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Briggs has online schematics but their search engine doesn't seem recognise your models first 6 digits:
http://www.briggsandstratton.com/ma...e=Illustrated Parts Lists&menu=nav3&subMenu=3

Usually these engines just have 1 wire coming out and going to the kill sw.

Did you have spark right up until you disturbed these wires? If so I'm wondering if meyby they were both connected together (completing a circuit with each other) and then both also connected to your kill sw.
 

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Hummm many things to think about... I'm pretty sure it was on the armature some where cuz when I undid the screws holding it on that cord was holding on to it. So I just ignored it and then I bumped it into something and broke it off.
 

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the type number seams long, it's normally 4 digits, Only thing i can think of is that it has points, and the wire should be leading to the condenser! If this wire broke off at the coil, you will need to get a new coil unrepairable!! If there is some wire sticking out it can be fixed. So lets say thats the prob, you will need to remove the flywheel, after removing the flywheel there will be a cover (alum.), remove the 3 screws and remove cover, you will then see the points and the condenser. the condenser will have a spring holding the wire to the condenser through a hole on the post! If the wire broke which will explain the no spark, you can splice the wire with soldier and shrink tube, if it's not long enough, if you can find solid wire it would be a good idea! hope this helps!!
 

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#'s are 100202-401052-6208290
No starter no lights Just a basic straight up 5horse

type in 100202-4010-52 (not 401052) and it will come up on the link anderkart gave! It will show you the coil on page 3! It shows that it does have points! and not electric ignition with a single kill wire!
 

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Thanks guys for all the help... My grandpa is gona help me out he is really good with small motors and runs his own little business repairing them...But I didn't want to bug him so I figured I would ask u guys first if it was just an easy fix that I didn't know how to fix. When I get it going again I will let you know what the issue was
 
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