Reply To: 1973 6Hp Evinrude Fisherman hard starting cold

[Don]

Thinking about your mag plate/module pictures (daydreaming) while being dragged around BJs today….. With those extra leads coming out of the mag plate, are you sure the mag plate is advancing all the way?? Is the carb butterfly opening fully? The extra wiring could be limiting mag plate movement/timing…
Are you sure the throttle gears are indexed properly? If not, the mag plate may not be advancing all the way. Another thought, those throttle grip throttle sleeves are often inaccurate also. So, judging start up throttle position by the twist grip/throttle position sleeve indicator may be misleading us here about throttle position during start up….
Perhaps all this was discussed earlier in the thread, just being lazy not reviewing the entire post…