power pack or not

[rude115]

1982 115 rude, #4 cyld. not sparking when it warms up. I know it not the coil because I swaped them and the one that wasn't sparking started to work. any suggestgions please

 

[rickdb1boat]

Re: power pack or not

So when you swapped coils, #4 did fire? Can you be a little clearer on this please...

 

[rude115]

Re: power pack or not

yes #4 did fire, i swithed the leads and the plug wires coming from the power pack.

 

[rude115]

Re: power pack or not

also #2 did not fire after that

 

[dragula65000]

Re: power pack or not

On the number cylinder, it is most likely coming from the pack. I had the same problem on my boat. It turned out the whole pack was bad. I have a 175 johnson with one power pack, and the whole left side wasn't working. With yours, make sure all the connections are good and the wires are still attached where they're supposed to be. Check the book to see about testing just the pack. If it tests good, it might be a bad ground or somewhere else.

 

[dragula65000]

Re: power pack or not

Before you do everything I said above, try the same thing you did, but don't swap the plug wires. It may be just a bad plug wire.

 

[rude115]

Re: power pack or not

The plug wire is good, i had already swaped it out with #3 wire. How can i check the power pack with just a regular volt meter?? I thought you had to have one of those special meters.

 

[kgw]

Re: power pack or not

Hi Rude,<br />check my post "powerpack output"<br /> good luck

 

[rude115]

Re: power pack or not

fixin to change the power pack, hope that's it

 

[Dhadley]

Re: power pack or not

Instead of buying a new one why not swap them from side to side?