Re: Outboard question but not antique

[billw]

I will get you the year….I never did look yet. It does NOT have SLOW or quick-start. That much I know. My guess is 1987.

This engine was supposed to be running great a few years ago, when it got put away without proper winterizing. A few years ago, it had the problem where the lower mounts swell up and make the shift shaft bind in the swivel tube. At that time, I torched it all apart for him and put in new mounts. It was running good then and nobody else has touched it since. So, I don’t see the wrong flywheel or stator being possible…but good idea.

I am using two separate, peak-reading voltmeters that worked perfectly and equally, last Sunday. The same two meters, on the low voltage scale, tested the triggers, er, I mean SENSORS, just fine. I did NOT ohm out the charge coils yet. I didn’t think of it until we were already done for the night. I will do that.

It has the type of packs where each pack has its own single-pin-plug stop wire. I don’t need to back a pin out of an Amhenol connector because each stop wire is by itself. I know the ones you mean, though.

I forgot to mention that I remembered some of the Sea Drives wearing away the wires coming out of the back of the packs, against the block. I checked for wear, grounded the pack and left it hanging off as a test. Still no spark.

I am 99% convinced I have a bad pack; but it’s the high charge coil voltage that concerns me.

Long live American manufacturing!