I was given an 84 bayliner capri with a 85 HP force L-drive by my brother. The last time he took it out was 4 years ago and it shut off on him. After sitting in my yard, and the floor system rotting (thank god it was only the floor and not the stringers). Ive completely gutted the rotten wood and plan on using treated lumber and blah blah blah just so i can have a learning boat. ANYWHO! After hours of figuring stuff out i came to the conclusion cylinder #3 had no fire, so i did some tracing, wiring in different order and turns out the CDI box was bad. Ok, got a new CDI box and STILL NO FIRE to #3. After more wire splicing, turns out the trigger was bad. Got a new trigger, YAY fire on ALL 3 cylinders, beautiful, bright, blue spark! Man, im in heaven, NOT! It turns over and turns over and turns over, i choke it goes BANG! Ive checked wiring and its all wired to factory specs, i did however cross cylinders 1&2 with eachother and i got a little smoke and the sound of an engine that wanted to start for about 4 seconds, then it turns and turns and turns and turns! NOTHING! After reading and reading and reading all i can come up with is timing. Maybe i didnt put the flywheel back on the key correctly. Ive tried every spark plug wire combination you can think of. Here is all of the things ive done so far.
1. Replace CDI box
2. Replace trigger
3. Replace primer bulb
4. Rebuilt fuel pump
5. Cleaned carbs
6. Made sure the reed valves arent stuck shut
7. Sprayed fuel into the carbs
8. Tried different firing orders
9. Made sure i have spark on numerous occasions
10. Manually moving timing trigger
I know my fuel is good because i can see it dripping out if i choke it for more than a few seconds on each carb. Ive ruled it down to 1 of 2 things.
1. Gas is bad
2. Key fell off while putting the flywheel back on and the timing is off.
Any other suggestions? Im mechanically inclined but im dumb as hell when it comes to marine stuff. However, ive learned a good bit the past 2 weeks. Any help would be greatly appreciated and it would surely save another boat from going to the junk yard.
Sorry for the long post but i wanted to be very descriptive
Thanks,
johnas
1. Replace CDI box
2. Replace trigger
3. Replace primer bulb
4. Rebuilt fuel pump
5. Cleaned carbs
6. Made sure the reed valves arent stuck shut
7. Sprayed fuel into the carbs
8. Tried different firing orders
9. Made sure i have spark on numerous occasions
10. Manually moving timing trigger
I know my fuel is good because i can see it dripping out if i choke it for more than a few seconds on each carb. Ive ruled it down to 1 of 2 things.
1. Gas is bad
2. Key fell off while putting the flywheel back on and the timing is off.
Any other suggestions? Im mechanically inclined but im dumb as hell when it comes to marine stuff. However, ive learned a good bit the past 2 weeks. Any help would be greatly appreciated and it would surely save another boat from going to the junk yard.
Sorry for the long post but i wanted to be very descriptive
Thanks,
johnas
