No spark 55 HP Evinrude triumph 1969

[sad boater]

I would never spend $400 on new ignition parts for that motor !!

I don't have much choice, I got the distributor from eBay and it doesn't seem to be doing the job. So I don't know who to trust alli know is that parts from marine engine.com have a 1 year warranty at least that's what the guy told me about the amplifier. I so confused as to why it ran so good and now nothing at #2 or #3 and weak at #1. One boat shop tried to convince me it was fuel related. Another told me to gap to .08 neither of those seem right to me. Points give me a strong pulse at coul but the timing light works only on #1 and if you hold it long enough it skips a beat sort of it's hard to explain it's just not correct. I'm about to take it to a shop because I can't figure it out. AI keeps telling me the wrong crap so I have to correct it then it tells me something else. All I know is I had it for a minute now I have nothing. I can't afford to replace the whole motor or boat and I'm sick of being stuck at home all the time! I'm going to lose my mine, too many people bank fishing you can't catch **** anymore without a boat.

I appreciate the advice but telling me not to do something doesn't help me get it running. If you have a cheaper way for me to get known good parts that are guaranteed good let me know. As of now the only one I can find is $199.99 each piece

 

[racerone]

???-----Use google with part # and rotor !!!-----Cheaper parts will jump out of your screen !

 

[sad boater]

???-----Use google with part # and rotor !!!-----Cheaper parts will jump out of your screen !

I'll see what I can find

 

[68glasspar]

I would pack your spark plug wire boots were they attach to the dist cap with silicone dielectric grease before you spend anymore money!
Your symptoms match what i had to a tee of what i had on my 1969 85hp

 

[68glasspar]

You said you put new wires on it!!!
But did you install new boots at the dist cap? I replaced my wires but not the boots, and the results were exactly the same as what you got now. I had to install new boots and pack them full of silicone dielectric.
You stated you had black arcing type spots on your stator that aligned with the plug wires! That tells me they leaked spark and due to carbon tracking or an unseen pin hole in the boot they will leak with your new wires too.

I'm not sure how you say you have wiggle at your dist. rotor, once the flywheel is on and torqued you can't see it.

 

[Mc Tool]

This is probly a long shot but some of those under flywheel ignitions rely on the locating of the flywheel on the crankshaft to be spot on , and if I am understanding you the flywheel key has some slop so its no locating the flywheel precisely on the crankshaft.
When the magnets in the flywheel pass the coil the flux changes as the north and south poles pass the coil ,if the flux change doesnt time up with the points opening the secondary winding collapse doesnt happen suddenly enough to induce the voltage needed for a spark.
Just thinking of the old Briggs And Stratton vertical shaft mower engines that would shear the flywheel key it you clubbed something with the blade......they only needed to leave a small mark in the key .....like only a few degrees of partial shear and there would be no spark .
I dunno if Im comparing apples with apples but its been bugging me so I'll put it out there.

 

[racerone]

Flywheel key has nothing to do with timing on this motor!!