Omc 4.3 WONT START

[gereat19424]

I have an omc 4.3 v6 that wont start no matter what done everything from replacing the starter, coil, points, condenser, and plugs. It ran not that long ago while trying to winterize it but we took thermostat out and now after that it wont start at all. It will crank but not fire and it has plenty of good gas in it

 

[boobie]

Has it got any spark ?? Will it jump a 1/4" open air gap ??

 

[Scott Danforth]

Did you set the points correctly? What did you set the dwell to?

 

[gereat19424]

It definetly has spark it should jump a 1/4" gap but I will check to make sure. And I only set the points with a feeler guage at 0.019

 

[Lou C]

That should be close enough for it to start. Does this boat have a safety lanyard that would prevent starting if knocked loose?
​Did you hook up the wiring in the distributor as it was? Did you remove the plug wires on the dist cap and put them back on the dist in the wrong order? are the plug wires in the right order on the plugs?
​If it was running before you have to go back and check anything that you changed, that could affect the ignition system.

 

[gereat19424]

Found the problem it was the distributor cap wasn't giving spark to all the plugs

 

[Lou C]

Good simple solution