OK so I just changed my lower unit and thought that was the reason I was only going 32 mph instead of 45mph. Well I was wrong.... it is an ignition problem!! Who would of guessed huh?? I took a spark tester and put it on cyl #1 and I was getting intermittent spark at idle, then no spark when reving the engine over certain rpm, then it would come back sometimes at even higher rpm. So I figured thats my problem. Then put the tester on cyl#3 and noticed NO SPARK at all. Cyl 2 an 4 have perfect spark. SO I played the coil swap game and got cyl 3 to fire perfectly but cyl 1 is still intermittent. Even when I put a good coil on cyl 1 the spark is intermittent or gone. So I've come to the conclusion that NOTHING makes sense on this stupid motor. But the problem is definitley on one bank (cyl 1 and 3) and cyl 2 and 4 seem fine. I have changed stator, timer base, ppack, coils, plugs, wires and put numerous hours of hard labor into this motor (almost a year). It has given me nothing but trouble and heartache. My question is this. IS there a simple way to determine if the powerpack is bad?? Because it seems to me like if its intermittent spark only on one side it is either a bad timer base or ppack. But Im tired of throwing parts. Do i need to ask my wife for a DVA or peak reading meter for my birthday??
