I have read and read about possible causes for this the last week and I have not been able to fix the problem yet. Here is the Info on the boat;
it is a 96 Maxum with 4.3LX with Alpha 1 GenII outdrive. Has Thunderbolt IV ignition.
I can reply back with serial number when I get home.
Here is what I have done so far to try and fix the issue;
I have used the trouble shooting map to to try and determine what the issue is and it came down to needing the module after not getting any voltage at pick up coil leads. I originally had 807829-1 and I ordered a used replacement off ebay 861251-1 (the superceeded part number) and I spliced this into my wiring harness. The only thing I did not hook up was the yellow wire that goes to the oil pressure switch. I assume this is a ground to kill circuit and leaving it taped up should not cause any harm. let me know if I am wrong on that. I did not hook it up as the old ICM did not use this and I dont know what wire I am supposed to hook this to on the oil pressure switch. After I hooked up the new ICM the boat it fired right up and ran at idle for about 5 min on the muffs. I then took the boat to the resovoir and dropped it in the water. I idled until I got out of the no wake zone (1/2mile)and tried to give it some throttle and it died immediately. and I could not get it to restart again. Now I do not have spark again. This afternoon I am taking the ICM to a coworkers house and hooking it up on his boat to see if his boat will start with this used ICM that I bought. Here are some other things I threw at it in fustration. New cap and rotor, new coil, and new plugs. The only thing I have not changed is the pick up in the distributer. When I unplug the white/green and White/red wires from coil and check the voltage coming from the ICM I get 2 volts at the white/red and I get 10.8 volts at the white/green wire (not sure if this is normal). Things I have tried; it is not the kill switch, this is evident with the fuel pump still turning on. I unhooked the shift interrupter switch and made no difference. I unhooked the tach wire from coil and tried no success. I tried another coil wire no difference. I will post back with the results from trying my ICM on another boat tomorrow. Any Ideas or suggestions would be great as I am not the person who typically runs into something I cant fix or diagnose right away and this is drivign me crazy.
it is a 96 Maxum with 4.3LX with Alpha 1 GenII outdrive. Has Thunderbolt IV ignition.
I can reply back with serial number when I get home.
Here is what I have done so far to try and fix the issue;
I have used the trouble shooting map to to try and determine what the issue is and it came down to needing the module after not getting any voltage at pick up coil leads. I originally had 807829-1 and I ordered a used replacement off ebay 861251-1 (the superceeded part number) and I spliced this into my wiring harness. The only thing I did not hook up was the yellow wire that goes to the oil pressure switch. I assume this is a ground to kill circuit and leaving it taped up should not cause any harm. let me know if I am wrong on that. I did not hook it up as the old ICM did not use this and I dont know what wire I am supposed to hook this to on the oil pressure switch. After I hooked up the new ICM the boat it fired right up and ran at idle for about 5 min on the muffs. I then took the boat to the resovoir and dropped it in the water. I idled until I got out of the no wake zone (1/2mile)and tried to give it some throttle and it died immediately. and I could not get it to restart again. Now I do not have spark again. This afternoon I am taking the ICM to a coworkers house and hooking it up on his boat to see if his boat will start with this used ICM that I bought. Here are some other things I threw at it in fustration. New cap and rotor, new coil, and new plugs. The only thing I have not changed is the pick up in the distributer. When I unplug the white/green and White/red wires from coil and check the voltage coming from the ICM I get 2 volts at the white/red and I get 10.8 volts at the white/green wire (not sure if this is normal). Things I have tried; it is not the kill switch, this is evident with the fuel pump still turning on. I unhooked the shift interrupter switch and made no difference. I unhooked the tach wire from coil and tried no success. I tried another coil wire no difference. I will post back with the results from trying my ICM on another boat tomorrow. Any Ideas or suggestions would be great as I am not the person who typically runs into something I cant fix or diagnose right away and this is drivign me crazy.
