ok i looked at the outdrive yesterday there are no blocks.
but i did figure out what was wrong. for some reason the ground wire got in the way of it going all the way down. so i pushed the wire towards the center of the outdrive raised and lowered it a bunch of time with no problem
mercruiser alpha 1 gen 1
I bought this boat last year. When the outdrives are in the full down position port outdrive sits higher than the starboard drive.
The rams on the port side are not all the way in, it looks like they have about 2 to 3 inches of travel to go. When it stop moving it come...
i remembered while i was using my multimeter to test for 12v while cranking. the only way i would get a reading is. with the red probe on the positive on the coil and the black probe on a bolt on the engine. not on the coil. shouldnt i get 12v probing the positive and negative of the coil.
Ok I tested the positive on the coil while turning it over. I got 9v and no spark. So I ran a wire from the positive on the battery to the positive of the coil got 12 v while cranking and still no spark. I did it with both coils still the same. The original in still connected
Could it be the...
That is not what i wanted to hear, but its better than being fully attached to the starter. It will not be fun to get to it. The engine compartment is tight. Hopefully its not bad
Went to the boat today to replace the pickup and coil. the engine wouldn't start. didn't have a helper to man the key to test the bypass circuit. hopefully it doesnt rain and i can find a helper.
