Wiring lights from engine generator

[thenewguy]

I'm sure this has been asked before, but can't find a previous thread on this subject. I have a 6.5 hp harbor freight clone engine and i just want to know how to wire the lights from the generator on the engine. It has the wiring coming out of the engine cover. Thanks.

 

[fowler]

is the engine electric start

the wires coming out are for the kill switch proberly

all engine have a "gereator" in your case they are called coils and you have 1 bolted nere the flywheel and a magenet on the flywheel passes by the coil to make electricity
like every generator basically

but your engine only makes enough to power the spark plug

u can try and bolt on a second coil or just attach a battery to your kart and after every use of the lights u will charge the battery

unless u acctually have an alternator or generator driven by the engine which would be odd but useful

 

[thenewguy]

I have the original engine which is a tecumseh and it must have had the coil to run lights because the kart came with lights from the factory. Maybe i could steal the coil off the old engine and bolt it to the case on the new one?