I have a '72 Johnson outboard for a few years now. Two years ago I was having trouble starting it intermittently . I would get spark and then not. Finally there was not spark at all. I replaced the sensor , and still no spark. I got a new / used cdi and still no spark. The wiring is somewhat...
I have a 1990 Force 120 . I bought the motor and didn't do a compression check. The motor ran and shifted o.k. so I thought it was fine. Not knowing about doing a compression check, I found out the hard way . One piston had 0 compression. The others were fairly high140. I disassembled the motor...