Reply To: No spark….

[amuller]

I have some learnings from this:

(1) always change the wires when renewing the coils. The wire is about $0.75/foot in bulk at auto parts stores.

(2) the boots (OMC calls them “grommets’) don’t fit tightly on the coils. I presume the older coils had a fatter molding around the connection. In any case I discarded the boots and used heat shrink of the type that has an adhesive coating on the inside. I also used some “liquid electrical tape” (think this is the same stuff OMC called “liquid neoprene”) on the wire ends before pushing them into the coil, then let them dry overnight. I hesitated to use silicone (“RTV”) as much of it has a corrosive acetic acid condensation (curing) product. The hole in the stator plate was a bit small for the heat shrinked connection to enter. Next time I might enlarge the hole a bit with a taper reamer.

Does anybody have a cost-effective source for the “sparky” plug boots?