Father had this 1959 Kiekhaefer Mercury 6hp since it was new. Used once a year for 2 day fishing trip. We ran out out of gas and stored in house till following year. Always fired right up. My dad gave me the motor where it now has sat for past 21 years in my damp basement garage till last week when I tried to fire it up. Removed plugs cleaned and tested them they are good. Cylinders get gas but there is no spark. The way I test plugs is to remove the plug from the cylinder and hold plug to the metal cylinder head with the plug wire is attached. I attempted to turn the fly wheel "by hand" looking for a spark in the plug, there is no spark with either cylinder ( it is very hard to turn the flywheel fast by hand, since the pull start is in the cowing cover that has to be removed to get at the cylinders). But I am 99% confident that there is no juice to fire the plug. Any assistance or advice of how to diagnose, test, fix this problem. Or what obviously could be the problem from this motor sitting in my damp garage for past 21 years. Last time this motor was used 21 years ago I personally ran it out of gas and worked perfect then.
