I have a 85 Force Outboard and can't get it to start. I brought the boat home changed the lower end fluid changed spark plugs drained out all the old gas. I Then premixed gas and nothing. I checked each spark plug and none of them are getting any spark so I didn't think all 3 coil packs would go out right away. So then I moved a little further checked for loose wires nothing. getting gas to carbs you can smell it. So i'm thinking it has to be an electrical wire. Motor turns over but just won't fire because of spark. So I bought a stator for it and put that on and still nothing.
Checked the Magnet on flywheel and it didn't come loose and kill switch is good. Tested fine. The Stator since we got a new one has higher Ohmes. But still nothing. Checked wires over nothing looks broken or cracked or cut or anything. Any other idea? Got to be a wiring issue right? turns over really good but no spark in any of the spark plugs. They are brand new and there still nothing they look brand new yet. Gas put new gas in and primer pump is firm full. Checked filter going to motor and its clean. you can smell gas in carbs.
Ok so nothing worked like I was hoping or wishing it would. First thing I did was went to the ignition switch and looked behind for a Black wire with yellow stripe nothing. I did find 2 black wires so I unhooked the 1st one tried it nothing put it back on the same one I took off. next went to the next black wire took it off nothing. Put it back on same one i took off. sprayed wd-40 in the ingition still nothing. looked under for loose wires found a purple one that isn't hooked to anything just a wire that is open on the one end. tryed to find out where it went looks like someone just tied it up under there. not sure why it would be open wires. But didn't see another wire where it might hook up to either. Then I put everything back together for the ignition part of it. Then I looked at the kill switch (lanyard) there are 2 wires on that. I tried to take each one off nothing, tried both of them off still nothing. So then i went to the engine and took off black wire with yellow stripe off (2 different wires) Took both wires off tried nothing. Tried 1 of them off nothing.
Anyone have any other idea's what It might be? Please help Thanks for your time and effort.
Checked the Magnet on flywheel and it didn't come loose and kill switch is good. Tested fine. The Stator since we got a new one has higher Ohmes. But still nothing. Checked wires over nothing looks broken or cracked or cut or anything. Any other idea? Got to be a wiring issue right? turns over really good but no spark in any of the spark plugs. They are brand new and there still nothing they look brand new yet. Gas put new gas in and primer pump is firm full. Checked filter going to motor and its clean. you can smell gas in carbs.
Ok so nothing worked like I was hoping or wishing it would. First thing I did was went to the ignition switch and looked behind for a Black wire with yellow stripe nothing. I did find 2 black wires so I unhooked the 1st one tried it nothing put it back on the same one I took off. next went to the next black wire took it off nothing. Put it back on same one i took off. sprayed wd-40 in the ingition still nothing. looked under for loose wires found a purple one that isn't hooked to anything just a wire that is open on the one end. tryed to find out where it went looks like someone just tied it up under there. not sure why it would be open wires. But didn't see another wire where it might hook up to either. Then I put everything back together for the ignition part of it. Then I looked at the kill switch (lanyard) there are 2 wires on that. I tried to take each one off nothing, tried both of them off still nothing. So then i went to the engine and took off black wire with yellow stripe off (2 different wires) Took both wires off tried nothing. Tried 1 of them off nothing.
Anyone have any other idea's what It might be? Please help Thanks for your time and effort.
