Thread: 71 honda ct70 wont start

hi my name is adam and i have this honda i got about a year ago. It was nice for the few month but then we moved and i had to let it sit for about 3 months. When i went to start it up it go fire but woudent crank. I took the carb out and the jets were clogged so i cleared them and put it back in and still the same it wont start can someone help?

First dumb question only because I`ve done it a few times...is the key 'On'?
Well, from my experience it could be bad gas and I don`t mean from eating to much broccoli! Fuel does start to go bad after about 30 days. I find that in these old engines, they don`t want to fire on stale fuel. If those jets were clogged, maybe the fuel is bad.
Other than that, hows the plug?

Ian

lol i know what you mean about the key has happened befor but i make sure it is on and i just replaced fuel and plug and that is what is confusing me it is getting gas it has great fir but it just wont run

Originally Posted by ajlm15

lol i know what you mean about the key has happened befor but i make sure it is on and i just replaced fuel and plug and that is what is confusing me it is getting gas it has great fir but it just wont run

I had a hard time starting mine when I got it. I rebuilt the carb, and put new points and condensor on. Still no start. The new points were bad so I put the old ones on and a new spark plug and it started right away. Did you check the gap on the points? How about the spark plug gap? You say you`re getting "fir"? Do you mean spark from the spark plug? The plug may spark, but the gap on the plug might still be wrong. Also, you can take the sparkplug out and see if it has lots of gas on it. If it does, you can dry it before you put it back in. Then try to start it again.
Ian

Ian