Throbbin Rods
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Jan 25, 2003
- Messages
- 213
I have a tough one that I have tried all spring to track down. I have a 1988 15HP Johnson electric start that I have used exclusively as a kicker on my Grady White fishing boat for 3 years. This spring it has started to give me problems as follows; If I hook up the muffs at home, start it up and it starts, run it for however long, no problems. Drive it to the lake, won't start no matter what I do. Tow the boat home and it starts. Temperature seems to make no difference. I have verified the carb and choke linkage, made sure all wires are tight and clean, checked that the choke butterfly is closing tightly. Spent some time going over everything last week, Saturday morning 3AM, in the driveway, on the muffs, hit the switch and it fired right up. Shut it off, drove 2.5 hours to go fishing and it would not even try to fire. Trolled all day with my 140 HP Evinrude $$$. Drove 2.5 hours home, hit the switch and the dang kicker fired right up. The only thing I have not done is bring a spark tester to the lake with me. Any thoughts? Bad coil? Something loose in the stator? Gremlins? Any help is very much apreciated
Bill
Bill