Reply To: 1973 6Hp Evinrude Fisherman hard starting cold

[Tom Bertulli]

I appreciate the help. I will disassemble the carb again next weekend. Thanks.. Re Aluminum plate….. this is the heat sink on which are mounted the two Nova II universal ignition chips, which replace the points & condensers usually found under the flywheel. The wire bundle includes one hot from each coil (blue is top cyl. red is bottom cyl) and (black) ground from mag plate to the heat sink itself. Direct grounding in this manner avoids requiring that the current travel to ground through a greasy mag plate bearing. I am told that when mounted under the flywheel these ignition modules tend to overheat and fail in fairly short order. So far after about 5 hrs running they are performing well and don’t seem to get much hotter than about 90 degrees F at any RPM range, so it looks like the heat sink is doing it’s job. PS I called them Nova II universal ignition chips because that is the most popular brand name for these modules, but they are actually “knock offs” purchased at Princess Auto under the brand name Laser.