Out of all the electrical things on the motor why would you check the wires first? Have you had a similiar problem with this motor. Also does this year motor have a bad history? And thank you
Hi there,
Just a couple of reasons really. Maybe mostly because I wasn’t really sure of how savvy you might be around these kind of things in general and maybe it always being. Tough one to diagnose without being there in person.
Another really good reason is because I’ve had and still have just far too many 2 stroke engines from this decade, the one before and the couple after too. Outwith serious abuse and/or misuse, anytime they actually do go wrong…it’s 99 times out of a 100, something very simple.
I’d say that most guys that have been around these things for decades, would tend to agree.
Another reason might be that apart from anything else, it’s a good idea to start with the simple things first…rule them out, before things start getting very invasive, like taking flywheels off to look at stators and all that.
Its likely unfathomable to even count how many times some guys (including me and all the rest here) have went far too deep into tearing things apart..when all the issue or fault turned out to be, was a spark plug, fuel, carb clean or similar. Or perhaps in this case, a HT lead broken, shorting or boot failure.
Even things like the stop switch or lanyard (if she has one) wiring. Common thing too.
So your engine is probably just after or about the crossover time between Yamaha and Mercury. She’s likely a Mercury I’d think. Either or…both were very good engines. The Yamaha maybe slightly preferable perhaps.
Very reliable either way.
