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Just giving some closure to this thread. The powerpack arrived today. I initially switched the wires going from the powerpack to the top 2 coils. One had blue stripes and the other had purple. They looked the opposite to my eyes. Once I got that figured out, it started right up. In fact it...
I switched the wires going from the powerpack to the coils. Switched top wire to middle coil (which didn't work) to the top coil. When I do that the top cylinder is now without spark and the middle cylinder has spark. I must be tired because I can't think this through. Does that prove the...
The powerpack has 3 wires coming out of it with each of the wires going to the 3 coils. Would switching the wires tell me anything? Would it be safe to do?
Still playing with this thing. Yesterday, I switched the top spark plug, spark plug wire and coil with the middle spark plug, wire and coil. Still no spark in the middle cylinder so I assumed that the spark plug, wire and coil are not the issue. Is that correct?
Today I took the power pack...
Thanks racerone for getting me started here.
Spark plug jump 3/8 gap?
Top cylinder - yes
middle cylinder - no
Bottom cylinder - yes
I had checked for just spark (not the 3/8) yesterday and it was fine. Today I have no spark through over the 3/8 gap or even just on the spark plug. So maybe a...
I have a 1996ish Johnson 60hp. At random times it will barely go. Typical max speed is about 30mph. When it's acting up, I go about 6 or 7 mph.
Sometimes when it is going slow, it will all of a sudden take off to full speed. It never happens the opposite way where when I am going full speed and...
