I have a 3HP johnson J3BRESR. Starts in a few pulls and will run for about 5 to 10 seconds and dies. wait a few seconds and another pull and it starts again. The fuel tank is on the motor and is gravity fed. filter is clean, plenty of fuel getting to the bowl, tank vent is open. Rebuilt...
Well i followed all the trouble shooting guides i could find and all checked out. put it all back together and had great spark on both cylinders. Problem is i have no explanation of why it works now and didnt before. I would love to believe it was a bad connection that i worked through but i...
My 50 hp has no spark in either cylinder. The clymer manual i have has a 72 65hp 3 cylinder so i am trying to follow the trouble shoot from that but it calls for special neon testers that i don't have. I have removed the black and yellow wire and that didn't work. Installed a new oem ignition...
Looking for a little assurance befor i throw a bunch of parts at this thing. Sometimes the motor will take 15 to 20 min to get started but when it does start it fires in about a crank and a half. other times it starts right up. Then when running at idle it will just stop running. no coughing...
