amplifier ?

[merc1877]

i had been having trouble getting my 71 johnson 60hp to start and so i pulled the black and white wire from the amp and what do ya know it started right up and ran fine but when i hooked it back up it acted like it was having fuel problems hitting a few times then dying so can i run it with this black white wire unhooked or what do i need to replace to get it to run with it hooked up and please dont say replace the amplifier cause its 3 or 400 dollars lol well anyways thanks for everyones help youve been great

 

[merc1877]

Re: amplifier ?

does anyone have or know where to find a wiring diagram for this motor does noone have any ideas

 

[F_R]

Re: amplifier ?

There is something screwy about this story. The black and white wire connects the amplifier to the breaker points. How can it possibly run with it disconnected? You would have no signal from the points to trigger the amplifier to fire.

Or do you have some off-breed amplifier with wierd wires?

 

[R.Johnson]

Re: amplifier ?

If you actually have the white-black point wire disconnected, as F R said, how could it possibley run? Ckeck to see if the anti-reverse spring is possibly broken, it's around the crankshaft, under the mag plate. Also, take the safety clipper out of the circuit, if the pak has been replaced, it should have been removed anyway, and try again.

 

[merc1877]

Re: amplifier ?

thats the wire i disconnected and it started i took a cpl pictures to show the one and the amp it comes but they are to big to upload on here so if you want to see them let me know and i can email them to ya and yes this thing is very screwy cause i thought by unpluging it it wouldnt do anything and i could check for voltage or something coming from it so i turned the key and it started right up lol thanks everybody this one might just get everyone scratching their heads trying to figure out lol

 

[merc1877]

Re: amplifier ?

well i contacted evinrude brp and they said to call cdi and ask them about it and no one answered there so i left a msg but the guy at evinrude said that wasnt good lol said something about some diodes or a spark kill switch but he wasnt sure so im waiting on cdi to call back i havent had a chance to check the clipper yet but i will and by the way i did notice the part numbers are different on the amp thats on it and the one the evinrude parts site it was also made by wabash part number 389550 i wonder if running it like this will hurt anything lol lol

 

[merc1877]

Re: amplifier ?

well the guys at cdi called me back and after talking to 3 or 4 of them a guy finally tol me that my amplifier might be rapid firing and to check it out first so ive got to get a spark gap tester to check it out if its not that then he doesnt know but he wasnt even sure about that so i guess tomorrow ill try that and see what happens anybody else got an idea