structural1
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- Aug 2, 2012
- Messages
- 34
Hey Guys... Hope you can help.. 96 Evinrude 200 Ocean Pro... Just picked up the boat after it had say for 3 years.... Spins fine but has weak/intermittent Spark.. will not jump 7/16" on spark tester...No history on the boat and of course former owner says ran fine when he parked it in the garage. Spark will jump 1/4" gap occassionally (maybe every 6 or 7 rotations)...Occassionally (maybe once every 12 tries) when turning it over it will kick off for 2 seconds or so but then die.... Compression 95 to 100 on all 6... Carbs rebuilt... Fresh gas.... Disconnected kill switch wire... no effect.. Disconnect Shift interupter wire.. no effect...Engine RPM is fine as it spins over... as I just installed 2 new 675 CCA batteries...
Removed the 2 Nuts/Bolts and lifted power pack off to check for anything obvious and there it was... The orange wire from the Stator was crimped/smashed under the power pack and had 1/2 of the wires exposed and contacting the metal threaded stud. I butt spliced the bad section back together with connectors and checked for any more loose/pinched wires... and checked spark on all 6 again. Oddly enough no change. Still very weak and intermittent. So I am guessing that grounded orange wire has killed my Stator or Power Pack.
What would most likely have been fried by that grounded orange wire from the Stator? The orange/Blue wire was fine... What ya think? Fried my Stator or the Power Pack?
Removed the 2 Nuts/Bolts and lifted power pack off to check for anything obvious and there it was... The orange wire from the Stator was crimped/smashed under the power pack and had 1/2 of the wires exposed and contacting the metal threaded stud. I butt spliced the bad section back together with connectors and checked for any more loose/pinched wires... and checked spark on all 6 again. Oddly enough no change. Still very weak and intermittent. So I am guessing that grounded orange wire has killed my Stator or Power Pack.
What would most likely have been fried by that grounded orange wire from the Stator? The orange/Blue wire was fine... What ya think? Fried my Stator or the Power Pack?
Last edited: