I have a force 70 on a 91 maxxum. About 3 weeks ago I launched the boat then I after idling for 30 seconds I was unable to start the motor again.
I came home did research on the forum. Here is what I did:
1. Checked lanyard "kill" switch. (disconnected black/yellow wire)
2. Removed spark plug wire on each of the 3 cylinders to see if I had spark...no spark detected.
After taking to the shop and finding out it would take over two weeks to look at. It decided to bring it back home and do some more checking myself.
3. I removed batteries and found 1 was 40% charged and the other was 70%.
So I charged and put Jumper cables from car to battery and I fired up in a hurry.
Last sunday I spent the day at he lake and again it did the exact sme thing.
"Autozone" checked and said one of the batteries is 1% charged and has a dead cell. The other is fine.
????
Why do I not have spark? The boat shop says its probably the stator at$580.00 plus labor. Is their a way that I can check?
Sorry for the long post.
I came home did research on the forum. Here is what I did:
1. Checked lanyard "kill" switch. (disconnected black/yellow wire)
2. Removed spark plug wire on each of the 3 cylinders to see if I had spark...no spark detected.
After taking to the shop and finding out it would take over two weeks to look at. It decided to bring it back home and do some more checking myself.
3. I removed batteries and found 1 was 40% charged and the other was 70%.
So I charged and put Jumper cables from car to battery and I fired up in a hurry.
Last sunday I spent the day at he lake and again it did the exact sme thing.
"Autozone" checked and said one of the batteries is 1% charged and has a dead cell. The other is fine.
????
Why do I not have spark? The boat shop says its probably the stator at$580.00 plus labor. Is their a way that I can check?
Sorry for the long post.