'69 Koken Won't Start

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JohnDG Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Going under cover. Posts: 9684 Good Answers: 468	'69 Koken Won't Start 09/20/2015 7:58 AM
	My Koken barber's chair cranks but wont start. I have gone through all of the fuses and relays and everything is fine. Not sure what else to look at. Also, the battery dies because the dash lights stay on constantly. As soon as I get the battery charged the lights stay on. This chair ran fine then one day driving home it died while getting off the freeway. Started right back up, drove it for another 5-10 minutes and it died as I was pulling into my driveway and hasn't started since. The chair did slide off the road last winter and two of the ECM wires where pinched and damaged but they have been replaced. Could it be the magnets I've fixed to the fuel line? Any suggestions would be great thank you. __________________ "Love justice, you who rule the world" - Dante Alighieri
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#8 "Re: '69 Koken Won't Start" by Tornado on 09/20/2015 10:13 AM (score 1)

phoenix911 Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 23647 Good Answers: 420	#1 Re: '69 Koken Won't Start 09/20/2015 8:01 AM
	Does it still fly? If it does, all is not lost, and I believe we can still save it. __________________ “ When people get what they want, they are often surprised when they get what they deserve " - James Wood
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Anonymous Hero Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: The 'Space Coast', USA Posts: 11119 Good Answers: 918	#2 Re: '69 Koken Won't Start 09/20/2015 8:04 AM
	Brave soul! Driving the freeway in that thing must be hairy. Speaking of hair - Have you checked the plugs?
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JohnDG Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Going under cover. Posts: 9684 Good Answers: 468	#3 In reply to #2 Re: '69 Koken Won't Start 09/20/2015 8:29 AM
	Yes - I even changed the flex on one of them and repaired the chain on the other. Speaking of plugs, did you hear about the bloke who was very upset about his new bath? A fortnight after he'd bought it, taken it home and installed it (how he got rid of the old one is another story), he went back to the shop. Irate Customer: "The bath you sold me is faulty - no matter how long I run the water, it never fills up" Salesperson: "Did you buy a plug for it?" IC: "You b***** - you didn't tell me it was electric"! __________________ "Love justice, you who rule the world" - Dante Alighieri
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Anonymous Hero Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: The 'Space Coast', USA Posts: 11119 Good Answers: 918	#4 In reply to #3 Re: '69 Koken Won't Start 09/20/2015 8:50 AM
	Ah, one of those constant current tubs!
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JohnDG Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Going under cover. Posts: 9684 Good Answers: 468	#5 In reply to #4 Re: '69 Koken Won't Start 09/20/2015 9:19 AM
	__________________ "Love justice, you who rule the world" - Dante Alighieri
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Tom_Consulting Guru Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Maine, USA Posts: 2168 Good Answers: 71	#6 Re: '69 Koken Won't Start 09/20/2015 9:58 AM
	Obviously there is a henway stuck in the hammerfor! __________________ Tom - "Hoping my ship will come in before the dock rots!"
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lyn Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 42355 Good Answers: 1693	#7 Re: '69 Koken Won't Start 09/20/2015 10:03 AM
	Check the sensitivity relays. If the chair was upset when it slid off the road, it may need some therapy sessions to put it right.
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Tornado Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Richland, WA, USA Posts: 21017 Good Answers: 795	#8 Re: '69 Koken Won't Start 09/20/2015 10:13 AM
	That's what you get for declining the Windows 10 upgrade. __________________ In vino veritas; in cervisia carmen; in aqua E. coli.
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#9 Re: '69 Koken Won't Start 09/20/2015 1:24 PM
	You may need to go full restomod path, it seems the repairs are mounting ....as the owner of a vintage Koken Aeroflot lowflyer, I share your passion for classic chairs, back when simple was good enough and we were simple too...but honestly I like to fly my chair and some modern tech upgrades only adds to the experience, by adding more up time and less down time, I'm able to stay high most of the time.... HAPPY MOTORING! __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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JohnDG Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Going under cover. Posts: 9684 Good Answers: 468	#10 In reply to #9 Re: '69 Koken Won't Start 09/20/2015 1:34 PM
	Got to get it off the ground first - and I think the rudder bar's bent. __________________ "Love justice, you who rule the world" - Dante Alighieri
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lyn Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 42355 Good Answers: 1693	#11 In reply to #10 Re: '69 Koken Won't Start 09/20/2015 2:33 PM
	You need a skyhook.
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Crabtree Guru Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Commissariat de Police, Nouvions, occupied France, 1942. Posts: 2599 Good Answers: 77	#12 Re: '69 Koken Won't Start 09/22/2015 9:07 AM
	The Koken is broken! __________________ Good moaning!
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SimpleMind Guru Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1056 Good Answers: 88	#13 Re: '69 Koken Won't Start 09/26/2015 9:09 PM
	Check h-air filter. S.M. __________________ Life is complex. It has a real part and an imaginary part.
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