1979 Evinrude engine miss

[Barnfind]

I am currently looking at a used boat with a 1979 Evinrude 85 HP. owner indicates it's missing on 1 cylinder and needs new stator. I don't know if he is being straight or not as I'm not familiar with that sytem.Any help would be appreciated. Does that sound right?

[Daviet]

Could be. Before you by it do a compression and spark test. Check the lower unit for water. If all that checks out ok, the rest can be repaired.

[Barnfind]

Thanks for the heads up. I'm more familiar with my 1955 Evinrude Aquasonic big twin 25 so when he said stator I thought he might have been confused. I thought that was an alternator part.Like I said I know very little about the motor,wasn't even aware the stator controlled the spark. Thanks again.

[Daviet]

Let the price you pay reflect the cost of repairs.

[emdsapmgr]

That engine has two power packs-one for each head. You can swap them to see if the spark loss moves to the other head. If it does, then you probably have a bad pack. If it does not move, then it is possible the stator or the timer base is bad.