MaxGlide
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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1977 Mercruiser 140 with Pertronics Ignitor II points.
So we jig for salmon and while trying to stay on top of bait ball, we started the engine probably 40 times in a row to try and stay in one place.
On last start my brother said it did a "wugga shugga, whacka CHOW!" and stalled. Tried turning it over and just a "clunk", engine not turning over. Battery was dead. Got it home, charged battery and now it just turns over, not firing at all. Got fuel to the carb (can smell it).
It is possible we burnt the points or the ignition coil with all those successive starts? The points MAY have some discolouring on the back (indicating possible overheating), can't quite see there.
I know I can test for spark with a timing light and test the coil with a multimeter. Just wanna get some input before I dive in
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Wayne
So we jig for salmon and while trying to stay on top of bait ball, we started the engine probably 40 times in a row to try and stay in one place.
On last start my brother said it did a "wugga shugga, whacka CHOW!" and stalled. Tried turning it over and just a "clunk", engine not turning over. Battery was dead. Got it home, charged battery and now it just turns over, not firing at all. Got fuel to the carb (can smell it).
It is possible we burnt the points or the ignition coil with all those successive starts? The points MAY have some discolouring on the back (indicating possible overheating), can't quite see there.
I know I can test for spark with a timing light and test the coil with a multimeter. Just wanna get some input before I dive in
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Wayne