evinrude 115 not firing

[texas_angler_2002]

HI this is tex coming at u once again. as u prolly know by know i have a 86 115 evinrude v4 and it will not catch fire. Someone told me that if could be the magnets under the fly wheel not throwing a spark when its turning over. is that true thanx,,,,,tex

 

[almost retired again]

Re: evinrude 115 not firing

Hello Tex;<br />Do you have spark on any cyl. or none at all? Knowing this I can probly lead you thru the trouble-shooting procedure.<br />Let me know

 

[texas_angler_2002]

Re: evinrude 115 not firing

i dont have a spark on any spark plug. i took them off and held them on eith hand hoping to feel a helluva shock but no fire at all ....tex

 

[almost retired again]

Re: evinrude 115 not firing

Hello Tex;<br />Well here goes,(by the way, bad idea to check spark with your hands 25000-35000 volts this could knock your #%**#$ in the dirt); but lets go on. First unplug the big red cannon plug under the engine cover on the port side, now hook up a good spark checker.(not your hands) Use a a remote start switch, or if that's not aviable a jumper wire will do. Hook one end of the wire to the terminal on the starter solenoid that the positive battery wire is hooked to, the other end of the wire(or switch) to the yellow/red wire on the starter solenoid this will crank the engine. Have you got spark now? If you do replace the ignition switch.If not answer back and we will go to the next step.<br />keep in touch!

 

[texas_angler_2002]

Re: evinrude 115 not firing

thanx for ur reply but i have changed the ignition plug already and i have no idea what a sparkplug checker looks like. sencondly i went outside and got a good pair of plyers and put a spark plug in the coil and have someone turn the engine over and still no spark. thanx......tex

 

[almost retired again]

Re: evinrude 115 not firing

Hello again Tex;<br />I don't think that you understood my first post. If there is no fire on any plug, then you have to think of something that is common to all cyls. There is only about two things that are common to all cyls. that is the key switch, and the kill switch that your lanyard is hooked to. By unplugging the big red cannon plug and jumpering the starter solenoid you are eliminating both of those. The wire that comes from the control box to the engine has the red plug on the other end. Try this , if you still don't have any spark then you must have a single power pack, and that could cause it. Not being close to a manual I can't remember if your engine has one or two power packs. It would be very unsual for both charge coils or all four sensors,or even all four coils to go bad at once. Something like this is usually something simple that a lot of people overlook. If you don't have a SPARK TESTER, the way you are doing is ok plugging the spark plug into a spark plug wire then holding the spark plug with an insulated pair of pliers aginst a good ground while someone jumpers the start solenoid to crank the engine you can still check for spark one cyl. at a time.<br />let me know how it comes out

 

[texas_angler]

Re: evinrude 115 not firing

hi retired,<br /> i took all 4 power packs or what i thought were the power packs but in ur last responce there sensors. where would the sensors be. i dont have a kill switch on my boat. or atleast when i bought it there is no kill switch i seen they might have cut it or hell i dont know. if ihad one where would i look, would i have to take the box apart where the throttle is located and check for and cut wires or what do u think. im getting desperate to go fishing and i cant afford someone to llok at my boat $65 hourly in texas.