kyddvicous13
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- Oct 16, 2011
- Messages
- 36
Hey everyone! We recently purchased our first boat from some friends. Its a 79 Chesapeake 212 with the 470 190hp engine. The boat had been sitting for a couple years, so I had the carb rebuilt, new plugs, changed oil, and changed coolant to start. I ran fresh fuel to her and it fired right up, and idled smooth. After about the third time I started I went to shift it into gear and it died. I am getting fuel but have lost spark. I have replaced the wires, coil, distributor cap, and even run a jumper wire from the bait straight to the coil to bypass anything from the key to the coil. The previous owner had installed a pertronix electronic ignition conversion in the boat which is the only thing I haven't replaced yet. I ordered a new one, but if that doesn't fix the no spark than I am out of ideas! I have voltage going to the distributor just no spark at the plugs... Any other ideas of what could be causing this?