Hello, new to the forum. Trying to figure out what's wrong with my boat. I recently traded for a 95 merc 2stroke 45 jet (60 power head). Ran decent the first time I took it out. I cleaned the carbs and it started running great. Took it out on the river a couple more times with no issues other than poor fuel mileage, but it's a jet so that's sort of expected. It had a high idle speed that I figured out was the linkage not allowing the throttle cam return far enough to allow the center carb that controls the other two, to return to a true idle. After fishing for a few hours I adjusted the linkage to allow a true idle. All I adjusted was the position of the roller wheel on the center carb. I went for a test run and got it up on plane with no problems. Ran it a half mile or so and let out. I went to get back up on plane and it almost broke over then lost power like I pulled it to half throttle but hadn't. The linkage hadn't slipped. I rebuilt the diaphragm pump and replaced the fuel like and hand pump from the tank to motor. I tested and had spark at all three plugs. I've drained the fuel from the tank and drained the carb bowls, with fresh fuel there is no change. I ohmed out the stator and found the readings barely out of spec on the high side, I am using a matco amp clamp meter but don't have a dva? The low speed stator is putting out 60v but the high speed coil is never getting out of the mV range while being ran in the water at as high of an rpm as the motor will run under load (feels like half throttle) I think the stator is my issue but I wanted to check with the people who know these motors before I order a $200+ part. As a background I have a Bachelors in automotive technology and am a diesel mechanic by trade. Thank you for your time.
