no spark, what to do?

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I have a 40HP evinrude, I dont know the year on it. i have been working on it and found that I am not getting spark what should I do?
 
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Re: no spark, what to do?

you post back with pics. there are too many model years between the first 40hp rude, and now, to even offer any advice other than replace the plugs. there should be a model number on the transom mount also.
 
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Re: no spark, what to do?

the model number is 40153G and the serial number is j04013. I recently replaced the coils points and condensors but when I put it back together one of the coil wires got shorted out by the flywheel. could this have messed up that coil.
 
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Re: no spark, what to do?

is it only one cyl not getting fire? on the coil that was shorted? did you replace the wires also?
 
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Re: no spark, what to do?

How do u test the coils and spark plug wires? we used a test light to see if we were getting power and it showed we were only getting power to oner set of points. we did not replace the wires.
 
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Re: no spark, what to do?

do a search on youtube, there is a great vid on how to test ob coils. wires are just a continuity test....but you will need a cheap multi meter. other than that, try switching the coils from one cyl to the other, just to see if the problem moves with the suspect coil. ......and i can only assume that you read the top secret files at the beginning of this forum? tons of good info there.
 
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Re: no spark, what to do?

ok i checked my coils and it turns out one of them was messed up so i replaced it with another one i had and i still did nmot get spark also while i was checking for spark i turned it over a few times went and messed with the motor and came back to turn it over again and it wouldnt do anything. what should i check now?
 
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