Can I hot wire and bypass stator? 1970 40 HP Merc weak spark

[outboardnut]

Is it possible to bypass a crappy stator and just run a hot wire from the battery direclty to the switch box?
I can't tell what the color coding on my stator was or where the wires that were attached to it are supposed to go. I have a diagram but it doesn't help much if you don't know which wire was what color coming from the stator. It's a five wire stator.......on an electric start motor. Two go to the switch box, two to the rectifier, and one to the hot on the stater solenoid. I attempted to hook it up but the motor has weak spark. I just guessed at where the wires went.

If anyone knows which to wires are responsible for generating the spark I'd try that.

 

[WillyBWright]

Re: Can I hot wire and bypass stator? 1970 40 HP Merc weak spark

Nope. With enough parts from an older donor motor you can convert to a magneto.

 

[outboardnut]

Re: Can I hot wire and bypass stator? 1970 40 HP Merc weak spark

OK,
I dont' know the anwer to this one so I won't argue.
This motor has a trigger and distrbutour...........

Can anyone take a guess at which 2 wires are supposed to go to the switch box?
This motor will work fine without the rectifier hooked up I assume?

 

[Laddies]

Re: Can I hot wire and bypass stator? 1970 40 HP Merc weak spark

Don't hook 12 volt to that ign box you will burn it up that is a ground off system and voltage will kill it

 

[AMD Rules]

Re: Can I hot wire and bypass stator? 1970 40 HP Merc weak spark

Have a peek at the attachment.



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