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legendre,
could be, had the same problem with a ’62’ Evinrude 10hp recently but it’s plug wire showed continuity to the mag plate.
I’m satisfied the points are clean, using a spark checker – not grounding the plugs, I should probably close the gap on it some, it’s probably over 3/8".
By the way, I’ve had 2 people recently say they have no spark, sticking a screwdriver in the plug lead and holding it close to the block, both had good spark using spark checker and had fuel problems keeping their motors from running.
Is the 3.6K ohms considered low? Should it be around 7K ohms? I have big, bright spark – jumping a pretty big gap on #1 cyl. But then again, one thing seems strange, I never get a spark till the 2nd or 3rd pull on the starter rope. I HATE SPARK PROBLEMS!!!