TrenchFisherman
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Apr 7, 2002
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- 218
So for the past few years I have been having issues with my 95 Johnson 112. 2 yrs ago we went out in very rough seas and after getting to our destination we could not get boat started again. Got it home and realized if we just unplugged kill wire at motor it would fire up. We looked allover for bare wires or issues but nothing. Then all of a sudden it just started up without issue. Fast forward to last yr and it would intermittently work good one day and barely sputter another day.
So now we are at this year, took it out and it ran smooth for 30 mins to our destination. Then we started up to make another drift it dies. Try to restart and it would for a few seconds and die. Had to get towed in. I bring it home and figure it is fuel because plugs are wet, I rebuilt the carbs expecting it to fire right up but it doesn't. I put a spark tester on and only spark on cyl 1 and 3 at 1/2inch gap. I start watching videos on how to test electric circuit from stator down to coils. Saw a video on testing kill circuit for voltage. Said any voltage in circuit would ruin power pack. Well I had 12 volts constant. Remove red plug under dash and it was corroded. Lots of corrosion between 12 volt red wire and kill wire. Clean up corrosion and now I am getting spark on all cylinders. Could that corrosion been my problem the whole time? Do you think my powerpack is okay? I am just worried with all that voltage that ran though the kill wire might have affected it? Do they normally just fry and never work again or can they intermittently work and i will be broke down again in thr near future? Sorry for the long post but I felt it was necessary to explain my situation.
So now we are at this year, took it out and it ran smooth for 30 mins to our destination. Then we started up to make another drift it dies. Try to restart and it would for a few seconds and die. Had to get towed in. I bring it home and figure it is fuel because plugs are wet, I rebuilt the carbs expecting it to fire right up but it doesn't. I put a spark tester on and only spark on cyl 1 and 3 at 1/2inch gap. I start watching videos on how to test electric circuit from stator down to coils. Saw a video on testing kill circuit for voltage. Said any voltage in circuit would ruin power pack. Well I had 12 volts constant. Remove red plug under dash and it was corroded. Lots of corrosion between 12 volt red wire and kill wire. Clean up corrosion and now I am getting spark on all cylinders. Could that corrosion been my problem the whole time? Do you think my powerpack is okay? I am just worried with all that voltage that ran though the kill wire might have affected it? Do they normally just fry and never work again or can they intermittently work and i will be broke down again in thr near future? Sorry for the long post but I felt it was necessary to explain my situation.