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June 14, 2020 at 2:14 pm #205708
Donald Koslosky
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    So the solenoid will only kick the starter if I have the wire to the magneto or the wire to the cutout attached to the negative. but not the wire to the mercury switch. Right now I just have the cutout attached, but it’s not cranking. I wonder if I need the magneto wire connected to something……………..I can smell fuel, and the water bucket I have it in sure has a lot of gunk in it from cranking. So it must be a spark problem – I do have new spark plugs gapped at .030 installed.