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Subject: Re: 1972 Arctic Cat Puma 340 help

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Gary (Answer)

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Date Posted: 17:21:41 10/21/09 Wed
In reply to: TJ 's message, "1972 Arctic Cat Puma 340 help" on 10:23:07 10/12/09 Mon

Na you dont need a key, what you did with the ignition is fine. Not recomended but fine, you need to pull the mag off and clean off the green corrosion from your points or consider replacing them.
>I just got a 1972 Arctic Cat Puma 340. I am trying to
>get it running again. The engine turns over fine and
>seems to have good compression but it won't fire. I
>drained the gas tank and put fresh gas in. I even put
>a little fuel right in the cylinders but it didn't
>fire. I checked the plugs and I am getting spark on
>both of them but not a bright blue spark. Initially I
>was thinking perhaps the one of the coils, but both of
>the plugs have about the same spark. Can anyone tell
>me if this sled has to have a key in it to run? I can
>just put a screwdriver in the key hole and turn it but
>if it has to have a key this may be my problem. I'm
>just trying to figure out how to get a better spark.
>Any help you could offer me would be greatly
>appreciated.

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