I had a tach that would not work. I read the post below about the wires from the rect.haveing 3 terminals 2 yellow 1 red. well both of my yellow wires were going to the same term. I moved one over to the screw with the tach wire on it & guess what..... I got RPM's does this sound right to...
I have a 84 115 Mariner. It just started fouling the second from the top spark plug. It will run great for a little while then start running bad. If you pull the plug out it will have some carbon on it. Clean it off & it will run fine again. The motor had a carb job,power pack, & some other...