Hi community!
I found this forum after my Yamaha FT9.9GE (6AVK) left me in the water after a sail just when entering the harbour back. I'm using with the remote control unit.
After reading around and even before getting my hands on the service manual I replaced the spark plug (as it was some time I did that) and engine started up again. I thought that's it... It sadly died again few minutes later.
I took the ignition coil off and tested for resistance. I also found the service manual and the value are actually in specs.
As the service manual suggest, I moved to the charge and pulser coil before even checking the CDI.
I built a DVA adapter and I checked the charge coil (unloaded) and got a reading of 30V against 140V from service manual specs. Ohms reading instead are within spec.
I said that's it. I bought a new coil (68T-85520) and some tools to help me with taking off the flywheel.
I replaced it and crank it... it runs!
Happy! Well not so really... it keeps shutting off.
I had a temporary pigtail connection from the charge coil because my previous one had 2 female connector while the new one have one male/female combo. I thought maybe that's the problem. Now with correct cabling, it doesn't even want to start anymore.
When checking the voltage again on the new coil, I get the same reading, similar as before
From the pulser coil I get 9V while specs says 7V (unloaded)
Can my meter be wrong?
Could be that I mounted back the flywheel not in the correct position causing a different gap for the coil?
Should I focus on the charge and pulser coil?
Is the lighting coil used to charge the battery (as it goes to the rectifier and the service manual in chapter 8 follow the order 1. pulser coil , 2. charge coil, 3. CDI output for the checks)?
I'm testing them unloaded... that should take off a bad ground wire from the equation, isn't it?
I did also try to unplug the white wire from the CDI.. just to be sure it wasn't an issue from the kill switch.
I'm also open to any other suggestion!
Thanks!
I found this forum after my Yamaha FT9.9GE (6AVK) left me in the water after a sail just when entering the harbour back. I'm using with the remote control unit.
After reading around and even before getting my hands on the service manual I replaced the spark plug (as it was some time I did that) and engine started up again. I thought that's it... It sadly died again few minutes later.
I took the ignition coil off and tested for resistance. I also found the service manual and the value are actually in specs.
As the service manual suggest, I moved to the charge and pulser coil before even checking the CDI.
I built a DVA adapter and I checked the charge coil (unloaded) and got a reading of 30V against 140V from service manual specs. Ohms reading instead are within spec.
I said that's it. I bought a new coil (68T-85520) and some tools to help me with taking off the flywheel.
I replaced it and crank it... it runs!
Happy! Well not so really... it keeps shutting off.
I had a temporary pigtail connection from the charge coil because my previous one had 2 female connector while the new one have one male/female combo. I thought maybe that's the problem. Now with correct cabling, it doesn't even want to start anymore.
When checking the voltage again on the new coil, I get the same reading, similar as before
From the pulser coil I get 9V while specs says 7V (unloaded)
Can my meter be wrong?
Could be that I mounted back the flywheel not in the correct position causing a different gap for the coil?
Should I focus on the charge and pulser coil?
Is the lighting coil used to charge the battery (as it goes to the rectifier and the service manual in chapter 8 follow the order 1. pulser coil , 2. charge coil, 3. CDI output for the checks)?
I'm testing them unloaded... that should take off a bad ground wire from the equation, isn't it?
I did also try to unplug the white wire from the CDI.. just to be sure it wasn't an issue from the kill switch.
I'm also open to any other suggestion!
Thanks!
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