1997 Force 120 won't restart.

[bogginyota]

My 1997 Force has been sitting for about two months since I had it on the river last and it ran fine and everything preformed as it should. A few weeks I had it running but I had to pull start it because the battery was dead. Today the battery was dead again so I got it running by pull starting it again. After running it for awhile I shut it off and restarted it a few times. Everything worked as it should. I left the boat off awhile and apparently the battery didn't hold its charge because it would barely tun the engine over. I replaced the battery with a brand new one. I expected the boat to fire right up as it always has in the passed. What should I do? I checked the fuel pump for debris and I was clean. I check the plugs and the were ok. I check all of the fuses on the whole boat now of which are blown.

 

[pnwboat]

Are you getting any spark to the plugs?

 

[bogginyota]

I don't think so. Im not sure who to test if I am by myself. My arms aren't long enough to turn the key and mess with my the motor at the same time.

 

[bogginyota]

I've checked and cleaned the plugs, switched the CDI with a spare, sprayed some starting fluid in the carbs, and I've dropped the bowls on the carbs to see if the floats were sticking.

 

[jerryjerry05]

Do a compression test.
​Check all cable connections.The ground on the motor too.
Any lumps or bad connections in the cable?

Test for TDC see the top posts in this forum.

 

[bogginyota]

Why do I need to find TDC? Do you think my timing changed? I tried to start it this morning and had no luck.

 

[bogginyota]

My compression numbers from top to bottom are 142,149,151,151

 

[bogginyota]

The top number worries me a bit. If I'm not mistaken all cylinders must be within 10% and these numbers are within the specification. I have a spare stator I'm installing now.

 

[bogginyota]

The stator was my problem. She fired right up!!
Thank you lord for saving my weekend!!! An my girlfriend too she prayed that I got it fixed.

 

[jerryjerry05]

FYI, The TDC is for finding out if the flywheel key has sheared.
Glad It's fixed.
Sheared key= no run.

 

[SkiDad]

The stator was my problem. She fired right up!!
Thank you lord for saving my weekend!!! An my girlfriend too she prayed that I got it fixed.

Nice! They big guy was looking out for ya! I had the same issue with my boat the 1st year I got it - that stator blew out for no apparent reason. It was a good feeling when she fired up.