nature1100
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- Aug 1, 2012
- Messages
- 46
I have a 1974 Mercury 1150 (Inline 6 cyl 115HP) that I just restored. I put a tach into my boat and installed as specified by the manufactor's instructions. I confirmed that the tach signal wire was attached to one of the yellow/red wires on the rectifier and the tach is set to 6C which is half of the 12 cores on the stator. When I started the outboard, the tach read 0. I then switched the tach signal wire to the other yellow/red wire and restated the outboard. Still 0 on the tach. I then took the tach wire and tapped it on the +12v red wire to simulate alternating (pulsing) voltage and the needle moved, so the boat wiring and tach are good.
How do I verify that the stator is good? It is only a battery chage only stator. Has only 2 yellow/red wires coming out of the stator.
I have removed the 2 yellow/red wires from the junction block on the head. Checked continuity between ground and each wire and got nothing. Then checked continuity between the 2 yellow/red wires and it has that. Checked resistance between the 2 yellow/red wires and it is 0ohms.
Do I have a bad stator or is it the rectifier? Or is there additional troubleshooting steps that i have to do?
How do I verify that the stator is good? It is only a battery chage only stator. Has only 2 yellow/red wires coming out of the stator.
I have removed the 2 yellow/red wires from the junction block on the head. Checked continuity between ground and each wire and got nothing. Then checked continuity between the 2 yellow/red wires and it has that. Checked resistance between the 2 yellow/red wires and it is 0ohms.
Do I have a bad stator or is it the rectifier? Or is there additional troubleshooting steps that i have to do?