a mystery

[Megabyte]

Did replacing the black box and stator cure the problem?

 

[Megabyte]

Not sure, but it does sound like something is going to ground, killing all of the spark.
Kind of like when the ignition lanyard is pulled...

 

[BuddahB]

May sound dumb but are the connections tight on the batteries? I had a similar issue with something and after tearing our hair out, we discovered we disconnected the battery leads to do other work recently and never retightened properly.

 

[jeffnick]

On my 2000 Ficht, if the lanyard was pulled the motor would quit, but could be restarted immediately without reconnecting the lanyard. Even so, it still could be the lanyard circuit.