turtle1173
Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Nov 29, 2001
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- 437
I've had this motor for 2 1/2 years and it has given me very little trouble. Last week I changed the spark plug wires because the insulation was cut in spots. I figured the electrical tape probably wasn't as good of an insulator as the actual wires. Autozone matched up the wires and they fit on the motor just fine. <br /> <br />I took it out today. I was leaving my 2nd spot of the morning and had just got the motor up on plane, when it felt like I hit a piece of wood (but I hadn't). I throttled down and it died before I got to neutral. Couldn't start it back up. Came back in on the trolling motor, which was a little scary on the Mississippi. I'm just glad I was upstream! <br /> <br />My first thought was that something must of came loose when I changed the plug wires. I've triple checked everything and it is all fine. Did a compression check as soon as I got home. It is fine (120 - 125 - 122). I then put my spark tester on and found that I'm not getting any fire on any of the cylinders. I even replaced one of the cylinders with an original plug wire and it didn't fire either. <br /><br />Incidently, someone told me this afternoon that the spark plug wires need to be of a certain kind and that I likely fried the switchbox. <br /> <br />I would like some other opinions. How can I test to make sure? I've got a standard volt meter but no DVA.<br /> <br />Thanks! Oh, the model number is OB240314 <br /> <br />Shane