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I went through ALL of the procedures. Yes extremely easy. In the mid 70s I drove from house to house repairing TV sets in homes when in highschool.
I got my amateur radio license when I was eight years old, I was an automobile mechanic after I got out of the Navy. I received degrees in...
Previous owner rewired portions of the boat, I have all winter to fix it. I never give up. Truly if I had a wiring diagram, id be done.
Is this correct? This is how its currently wired
J1171 distributor wire colors
From Distributor White-> Green/white TB4 ignition
From Distributor Black-> to...
Just wondering, the PLUS coil goes to 12+ volts when the key is turned to start. MINUS coil goes to 9.5 volts. I'm using a 2 channel oscilloscope. No spark
I tested the coil and it’s good
I ran a new ground wire 10 gauge THHN from the Riser directly to the negative on the battery.
I took the...
I don’t know know if it ever was the problem. I do know that they are NLA and also I know about the new upgrade. The guy that I purchased the part from is willing to exchange for another but I hate to be one of those people wasting everyone time. I went after my best guess hoping that that was...
Had delay to fix, just got back to the project.
Please excuse my ignorance, but I haven’t any idea how to get to a stickies for troubleshooting.
I disconnected the tachometer as a test. No change.
Anyway, when I turn the key to on, 12 V appears on the plus side of the coil.
I ohmed the...
So, it has a Mercruiser thunderbolt lV V6-14
I, like a NumbNut did not check is the Coil was wired correctly. I will asap. If I could get a drawing it sure would help. I understand that it may not exist, bummer. Anyway, no spark. I have a suspicion that this boat actually sank.
Somebody spent a...
My neighbor just bought the boat listed above. It has a 2bbl 4.3 MerCruiser. He says it wouldn’t start. So I connected my timing light, hit the starter, nothing, no flashing. Also no fuel either. Boat has a new fully charged battery, in fact, almost everything under the swim deck seems to be...
So, I bought an engine for my pontoon boat. It’s finally installed and starts right up. Idles perfect. I have the XPS XD100 full synthetic oil all hosed in. I bought software. Evinrude diagnostic ver 5.1.0. I followed procedures to install. Connected to the engine, turned on 12v power. No...
So, the engine that started and idled so nicely but wouldn’t ramp up above idle, wasn’t broken after all. I called the individual I bought it from, I mentioned the issue, and he said. “If the throttle at idle isn’t truly at idle, the engine will ignore any effort to accelerate” So at start up...
I purged the oil, I followed all procedures. My biggest mistake was buying the engine from a company on eBay, this guy had a good score and sold hundreds of engines. BUT. 1st he sent counterrotation not standard, then he sent correct lower unit to replace, waited 6 weeks for that, he forgot me...
Yes, as mentioned in my manifesto the cables are working correctly, the throttle follows the joystick up to maximum. I’m 99% certain that the throttle position sensor has failed.
So, got the external oil tank installed both electrically and oil connection. I purchased the Evinrude oil XD-100 2 cycle outboard oil. Primed the gasoline and the Evinrude oil. Put the boat is in the water, tied it to the quay wall, “test and tune” The engine started right up, Idled like brand...
That’s why I’m asking questions, I don’t know how this 2 cycle motor works. I ordered manuals, I do not intend to start it until I know for certain. There is a boat repair shop 10 miles away. I’m going to call them tomorrow,
Thanks.
