Things I've tried today:
- Cut and resoldered frayed plug wires to threaded contacts on distributor end
- Cleaned contacts on stator
- Cleaned contacts on distributor cap
- Cleaned and set points (they appeared correct already)
- Opened all four carb drain screws and verified gas present
-...
Thanks! I appreciate this a lot. However, in reading it I suspect my understanding and experience are not sufficient to work through it.
This is quite frustrating. All the work I had done was in an effort to get the boat sold. I love the boat but it doesn't fit our family anymore. I had it...
Got it. I don't know a lot about engines so I don't know about spark testers. I'll look into that. (I thought you were suggesting I pull the wire off and hold a lead 3/8 off the top of the spark plug. I know you can't gap a spark plug 3/8!)
Here's my summer puzzler. Working on a 1969 Evinrude 85 hp model 85993E. Can't get it to run.
I have strong spark on all plugs. Battery is fully charged and it turns strong. Fuel is good and making it to the cylinders. Compression is good. Flywheel key is not broken. I set and cleaned the...
I have a 1989 Stratos 179V with a Mercury Mariner Magnum 150 hp that has a dead trim motor. The hidden screw looks to be inaccessible without lifting the motor and removing the bracket from the transom. Does anyone have a trick that would help me avoid that? I'm not looking forward to that...
Cool. I'm wiping and blowing it out as well as possible.
If I'm understanding the points correctly, I want to set them so they are 0.010 at the high point in the cam, meaning that is the maximum that they open. Is that correct?
Ok. I'm in!
Overall I think things look fairly clean, though I have zero experience. :)
The only exception is the points and wires. They were covered with something that looked like graphite. I think I got it cleaned up pretty well.
The point on the right was probably at 0.006 or 0.007. The...
