DT175 Problems

[bigred]

Hi. Have been a lurker and now its time for me to ask for help.

I have a DT175 (1976 model) that has been sitting for 7 years. I have decided to get it going again, but, for the life of me I just cant get this thing to fire. It has good spark. I have put a kit through the carbie. Fresh fuel, filter and plug. All road gear and wiring has been removed.

Does anyone have any idea's? It is driving me crazy 

[Lozza]

Aerostart or "start ya bastard" if that don't work maybe top end needs a look.Compression and or leak down test first.

[Nathan S]

Is the flywheel properly secured on the crank? The DT250s tended to shear the woodruff key if they back-fired on start-up.
You'd still get good spark, but with the timing being where-ever it wanted, the bike would never start (but probably fold your foot in half if you kept trying).

What's the condition of the ignition points?

I assume the compression is still good?

Do you live in the ACT? Have Stanza? Or are you a different BigRed?