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What I found yesterday. Starter motor is the original to the motor, the starter's mounting bolts never been touched until yesterday, it doesn't look too bad however I'm going to replace it based on its age as well as the starter solenoid is activating intermittently. then Go from there
lucky me. NOT.....everything engine side connected correctly. ignition switch side found 2 wires not connected, tapped and hidden. god I wish I knew who did this I'd tear em a new one for it. Wasn't the people I bought it from, they only told it needed a CDI box. clearly bullshit. why people...
just people being lazy. its CDI box was 100% dead though and I have replaced that hence the spark.but also can't help but wonder if what they did was the cause of that or just because it wouldn't crank. I had a similar issue on my old Mercury and it was caused by a faulty tilt/kill safety...
yeah there's lots out there and easy to get ahold of for that. found something strange though. they added a wire to the start position in which it cranks. undoing that and using the factory harness it will not crank. I checked the safety switch and its functional.
with the added wire I get...
I know its not the battery because when its been low I've put my 3000AMP jump pack on it. its rated to jump up to 12 cylinder petrol and 8 cylinder diesel. it does the exact same thing. Unless you wanna try and tell me my jump pack isn't strong enough to start a 3 cylinder 2 stroke when it jump...
I know its not the battery 100%. Tomorrow I'll take apart the starter and upload some photos. I've been sus on the starter as it has issues fully engaging and was planning on a tear down and deep clean depending on its condition
Hi Guys,
Long story short I bought a boat with engine that had no spark. fixed the no spark. sort of. for what ever reason when cranking there is NO spark at all. when stop cranking it gives really strong spark. I don't understand what the hell is going on with that, I'm a 3rd year apprentice...
