1981 mercury 150 v6 no spark on #3 and #4 cyl,s need help please

dby6567

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Okay have a 150 merc v6 1981 I have no spark on cyl,s 3 and 4 i have changed trigger, changed 1 of the power packs,disconected w/bl wire from packs,swaped trigger wires around to see if i could move problem,checked stator voltage blue wires are low only about 130 and reds about 30 volts. The only time i can move the problem is when i move the coil wire from say # 2 to #4 then i can get spark to the middle cyl #4 anything else i swap nothing changes. so i know the coils on 3 and 4 are good but everything else has failed. It seems kinda odd for both power packs to fail on the middle cyl,s. Could it be possible that i have another bad trigger i think there are 3 banks in the trigger does each bank run like 1 and 2 then 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 or could i have 2 bad boxes both failing on the middle cyl,s or maybe the low voltage on the stator is the problem anyone have some input into this problem? Thanks! dby6567.
 

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Re: 1981 mercury 150 v6 no spark on #3 and #4 cyl,s need help please

Swap the packs as a bad bias circuit will cause weird firing problems. The pack you suspected bad is likely good and the pack you thought good is bad....
 

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Re: 1981 mercury 150 v6 no spark on #3 and #4 cyl,s need help please

Swap the packs as a bad bias circuit will cause weird firing problems. The pack you suspected bad is likely good and the pack you thought good is bad....

Okay i will give it a try hope thats it im at my whits end. Im about ready to take it to a shop. Thanks for the info I'll let you know how it goes.
 

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Re: 1981 mercury 150 v6 no spark on #3 and #4 cyl,s need help please

Okay i will give it a try hope thats it im at my whits end. Im about ready to take it to a shop. Thanks for the info I'll let you know how it goes.

Okay I switched the 2 old boxes and picked up fire on cyl #3 still no fire on cyl#4. Do you think i need to buy 2 new boxes if so are the serria boxes okay or do i need to stay with cdi boxes? lots of difference in price.
 

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Re: 1981 mercury 150 v6 no spark on #3 and #4 cyl,s need help please

Serria boxes are fine as they have best warranty...
 

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Re: 1981 mercury 150 v6 no spark on #3 and #4 cyl,s need help please

Thanks for the info i will give them a try.
 
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