RichardNaugle
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- Jun 7, 2009
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- 33
Hi Guys I need help
my vintage motor is having problems with spark. at the end of last season on the last warm day in oct. we were going for a ride, now, this old motor is stuck in drive so I always have to start it in gear..anyhow heading out from the wharf it fired then it died and wouldn't fire again and I had to crank us back in on the starter. I figured I flooded it. one thing leads to another the boat gets pulled and I don't have a chance to look at it until now. Now, I went with new gas and new plugs and new fully charged battery ( out of my Peterbilt) to get it going.. squirt some gas and a little either. and badda boom badda bing she fires..and dies: pull a plug check spark, pull filter check gas ,everything good ,, button her up try again.. nothing pull a plug now i got no spark.. leave it be.. next day, today.. just for the hell of it I go out this morning and give her a little shot of either and she fires right up ..wow, now I'm a happy guy , so I cycle the motor on and off a couple more times then on the third try she once again fires up then after 3 secounds or so she dies ..no spark again.. any and all help would be apreciated... I'm not a complete moron when it comes to this stuff but I think i need to start from scratch on this one to see the way clear.. thanks
my vintage motor is having problems with spark. at the end of last season on the last warm day in oct. we were going for a ride, now, this old motor is stuck in drive so I always have to start it in gear..anyhow heading out from the wharf it fired then it died and wouldn't fire again and I had to crank us back in on the starter. I figured I flooded it. one thing leads to another the boat gets pulled and I don't have a chance to look at it until now. Now, I went with new gas and new plugs and new fully charged battery ( out of my Peterbilt) to get it going.. squirt some gas and a little either. and badda boom badda bing she fires..and dies: pull a plug check spark, pull filter check gas ,everything good ,, button her up try again.. nothing pull a plug now i got no spark.. leave it be.. next day, today.. just for the hell of it I go out this morning and give her a little shot of either and she fires right up ..wow, now I'm a happy guy , so I cycle the motor on and off a couple more times then on the third try she once again fires up then after 3 secounds or so she dies ..no spark again.. any and all help would be apreciated... I'm not a complete moron when it comes to this stuff but I think i need to start from scratch on this one to see the way clear.. thanks