1995 Evinrude 40 Ignition Woes

hornek

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1995 E40TLEOD on a 1995 Hydra-Sports Z255

The boat & motor were sold to me by my Dad in 2005 after some time sitting up. I rebuilt the carbs and did Linc-N-Sync per the factory manual at that time and the motor's been running well.

I have had some intermittent starting problems over the last 6 months that I traced to a bad powerpack, which I replaced last week.
In the search for the problem, I also:
1 Disassembled the keyswitch & function tested it per the manual - OK
2 Checked the coil resistance per the manual - OK - manual suggested PP
3 Checked the stator resistance - OK - manual suggested PP

Now the motor will not start on mufflers and backfires when the choke is applied. I've never had problems with backfires previouslyon the muffs or in the water. I'm sure I need to check the timing, but wondered how I could suddenly have an issue like this. Any suggestions? THANKS!
 

Silvertip

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Re: 1995 Evinrude 40 Ignition Woes

Plug wires on wrong cylinders????
 
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