saltydogjeff
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- May 12, 2013
- Messages
- 145
So I am trying to start my boat up since it has been out of commission. I have air/compression, I have fuel to the carburetor, and I have spark. I am worried about my spark.
I have cleaned all my terminals today for the ignition system in order to get the brightest spark possible. As I was doing this, I accidentally knocked the distributor to a different timing position that I set previously (8 BTDC). I got this ignition spark tester tool to help me, and was working with it to set my timing. When I did the timing today, I tried rotating the distributor while cylinder was at 8 BTDC. During this time, I noticed sometimes I would get spark, sometimes I would not, if I rotated it fast it could spark, it would spark only rotating in one direction, sometimes it would spark multiple times, I could not determine a pattern. I think there is something with the contact between the rotating deal and the spark plug wire connection. I need to check my other cylinders to determine if it is specific to that one. I also need to try and clean that contact up some more.
So, this is really more of a "what's going on" question? I think I got the problem nailed but am I missing something with points or like the condenser? I thought I could basically set it at one point and start getting the "pop - pop - pop" from the spark right in one spot.
Condenser is new, that rotating thing is new, and battery needs some charge, and I am going to try to switch to a fully charged battery and try again. Be back with more information.
I have cleaned all my terminals today for the ignition system in order to get the brightest spark possible. As I was doing this, I accidentally knocked the distributor to a different timing position that I set previously (8 BTDC). I got this ignition spark tester tool to help me, and was working with it to set my timing. When I did the timing today, I tried rotating the distributor while cylinder was at 8 BTDC. During this time, I noticed sometimes I would get spark, sometimes I would not, if I rotated it fast it could spark, it would spark only rotating in one direction, sometimes it would spark multiple times, I could not determine a pattern. I think there is something with the contact between the rotating deal and the spark plug wire connection. I need to check my other cylinders to determine if it is specific to that one. I also need to try and clean that contact up some more.
So, this is really more of a "what's going on" question? I think I got the problem nailed but am I missing something with points or like the condenser? I thought I could basically set it at one point and start getting the "pop - pop - pop" from the spark right in one spot.
Condenser is new, that rotating thing is new, and battery needs some charge, and I am going to try to switch to a fully charged battery and try again. Be back with more information.