Strange electical problem.

elark7

Petty Officer 2nd Class
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I have been shocked more times then I can remember, from cars and boats. The other day after putting my motor back together I fired it up. It had spark on the top but not the bottom. So while checking for spark from the wire, I could not see any, my hand slipped and pop. I got a reminder of how much electricity flows through the wires. Since there was now spark I put the wire back and the motor started and ran fine. I have started it every day and it only takes a few cranks. Has anyone else ever had this happen, engine work after getting shocked? I am thinking maybe I should try this on the Merc I am working on and see if it fixes the missing spark problem it has. Should I worry about it loosing spark when I take it out to the lake for a test run? Thanks.
 

mciaio

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Re: Strange electical problem.

Sounds like a bad spark plug wire that was grounded and the spark was jumping off the wire. When you touched the wire, you moved it and ungrounded it. I would inspect those wires and probably replace.
 

jonesg

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Re: Strange electical problem.

or it wasn't seated on the sparkplug.
 
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