I have a Mercury Sport Jet 90 that suddenly lost power. I checked to see whether the plugs were firing using a spark tester on each plug wire. Cylinder 1 and 2 were firing but 3 wasn't. I switched the wires going into the cylinder 2 and 3 coils and the problem moved to cylinder 2. I figured that the switch box was bad because this was the same problem that I had last year (maybe 30 engine hours ago). I got a new switch box under warranty from CDI but this did not fix the problem. <br /><br />The engine had a red stator put in before I got it. My question is how to do diagnostics to determine if the stator is bad since the wiring has changed from what is in the manual. <br /><br />I have disconnected the engine speed limiter and it made no difference and I isolated the stop circuit with no luck. <br /><br />What else besides the stator could be the problem, I am hesitant to spend the money on a stator because I have heard that the red stators are very reliable.<br /><br />Any suggestions would be welcome.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Scott
