AL350SEARAY
Seaman Apprentice
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- Jul 2, 2011
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- 33
I am working on a 78 MCM 260 Searay. It has an electronic conversion kit installed and i am getting no spark to plugs.
There is spark from ignition coil to cap. ( I got spark when i held the end of the wire coming out the center of the coil near ground and cranked the engine) The kit is an electronic ignitor attached to a baseplate placed inside the distributor. It was replaced last year and was working great the first couple of times out this year. Does anyone know how to check to see if the ignitor itself is shorted out or not working? The red wire coming from the ignitor seems to ground out when the baseplate touches the inside of the distributor. Is that normal? Is there anything else I can check that would stop the distributor from making spark. Any and all advice is greatfully received.
There is spark from ignition coil to cap. ( I got spark when i held the end of the wire coming out the center of the coil near ground and cranked the engine) The kit is an electronic ignitor attached to a baseplate placed inside the distributor. It was replaced last year and was working great the first couple of times out this year. Does anyone know how to check to see if the ignitor itself is shorted out or not working? The red wire coming from the ignitor seems to ground out when the baseplate touches the inside of the distributor. Is that normal? Is there anything else I can check that would stop the distributor from making spark. Any and all advice is greatfully received.
I looked the old cap over and over and finally noticed that the little black button in the center of the cap that is supposed to spring back when pushed was stiff and not working. Does anyone know what could cause this. I would hate to fix the symptom and not the underlining issue. Thank you for all the help.