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Solved the enricher question.. It was so simple, I just hadn’t thought of the reverse electrical equation.
Question:
How does this enricher work:
Observations:
Stators produce some sort of voltage over 13-15 volts.
Enricher has double pure-yellow wires directly wired to stator before rectifier.
Engine wiring harness doesn’t even HAVE a yellow and black striped wire included in the harness. (this is the clue that got me thinking that this setup HAS to be intentional and not some weird previous owner rewiring mistake.. )
Solution:
Therefore it must be that Enricher is normally Open. high RPM Stator (Running) charge causes Enricher to close.
Observation:
Ridiculously bad design as theres a hundred reasons an engine might not start.. and in the other 99 of them the enricher will just keep pouring gas into the Intake manifold.
Any tiny electrical problem or shorted stator would cause flooding out failure. backfires. wth…
(this also relates to an issue I had years ago where I was diagnosing an engine and disconnected the enricher Yellow lines to be SURE it wasn’t an issue…. oh yeah.. that happened)
WARNING: this only applies to the enrichers with two yellow lines. Mercury/Force made other enrichers with a yellow and YellowBlack line, which were connected to the dash choke key push. it seems THOSE ENRICHERS work in reverse. SOME APPEAR IDENTICAL except for the wire colors.