Paris Waterman
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- Mar 24, 2020
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Sorry for the long post. I am slightly above average in general engine repair, but a noob in the Marine area.
I have a '72 Chrysler 55hp that I recently repaired the lower unit gears. The first time that I took it out all gears were fine but the shift linkage was slightly out of adjustment. Made the adjustment and went out at a small local lake. All was perfect. Run for 10-15 minutes at various speeds (lake rules is no wake but...). Decided to do some fishing so cut power and trolled to a spot. Smelled something, and noticed a lot of smoke coming from the cowl. After several hours of fishing, attempt Ed to start it up...nothing. pulled cables to change batteries. Noticed excessive load on the battery and sparking upon disconnect/connect. I found that both spark plug wires were melted to the head. One is toast, and I am waiting for replacements.
When I got it home, I did some small investigation. First, the water pump impeller is disentergrated. Second, I disconnected everything except the starter. It works fine. Last , I reconnected everything. Then while reconnecting the battery, I again encountered the load and arching. I initially thought that it was under the flywheel, but maybe not. I took the plug wires off of the coils and the load and arching stopped.
This brings me to my questions:
1. Does the coil on this model stay hot, 12v direct, even though the ingition is off?
2. How do I test for a fault in the stator?
3. Is there something I am not considering?
I cannot know the extent of engine damage nor if there is any beyond the plug wires until they are replaced. But I am wanting to ensure that I do not cause more damage through ignorance.
I have a '72 Chrysler 55hp that I recently repaired the lower unit gears. The first time that I took it out all gears were fine but the shift linkage was slightly out of adjustment. Made the adjustment and went out at a small local lake. All was perfect. Run for 10-15 minutes at various speeds (lake rules is no wake but...). Decided to do some fishing so cut power and trolled to a spot. Smelled something, and noticed a lot of smoke coming from the cowl. After several hours of fishing, attempt Ed to start it up...nothing. pulled cables to change batteries. Noticed excessive load on the battery and sparking upon disconnect/connect. I found that both spark plug wires were melted to the head. One is toast, and I am waiting for replacements.
When I got it home, I did some small investigation. First, the water pump impeller is disentergrated. Second, I disconnected everything except the starter. It works fine. Last , I reconnected everything. Then while reconnecting the battery, I again encountered the load and arching. I initially thought that it was under the flywheel, but maybe not. I took the plug wires off of the coils and the load and arching stopped.
This brings me to my questions:
1. Does the coil on this model stay hot, 12v direct, even though the ingition is off?
2. How do I test for a fault in the stator?
3. Is there something I am not considering?
I cannot know the extent of engine damage nor if there is any beyond the plug wires until they are replaced. But I am wanting to ensure that I do not cause more damage through ignorance.