What did you do? I'm in the same boat, outboard control box bought in error and installed only to find out the wires don't tie out. Trim works, but boat won't start just turns over
How long can you run it like that ? Asking for a friend :)
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Ok I "borrowed" a digital dwell meter for $68 on Amazon (one of my biggest fears is that when I die my wife sells all my sh17 for what I told her I paid for it... :) ) The dwell range on this engine is 28-34 as is noted on the valve cover spec sticker. At the first test it tested at 44 which has...
Hey all!
One of the things I've noticed while trying to research a solution to my boat issues is that posts just abruptly end. Which I get, we are all busy but it'd be nice to see how a solution actually played out.
In my case this was an engine swap of a 1987 2.5 for a 1986 3.0 EVERY SERVICE...
Continuing to trace my no start condition. This is a two parter. The first part is from my continuity testing of the engine side of the wiring harness:
Should both yellow and purple/red wire show continuity on the black #1 wire harness socket ? as well as both posts of the coil to black #1 and...
One of the other things I replaced on this is the alternator. I swapped out the one that it came with because the the wires that were "imbedded" in it were corroded. I replaced it with another, made for mercruiser, alternator I had laying around, but made a few what I felt were logical...
Yes sir. I did that with the old one and the new one I just installed to be sure. The old one was fine too, but I used the new one since it came with the kit.
Yes sir. I did that with the old one and the new one I just installed to be sure. The old one was fine too, but I used the new one since it came with the kit.
Filed and no reading on digital voltmeter I don't have an actual dwell meter. It's acting like there is a kill switch but there is none. Everything is grounded all connections tight, battery is fully charged, I'm shot.
Skunked again. Tomorrow I will work back from the ignition at the helm and work my way back. Maybe I'm looking at this all wrong. I did have this engine running in my garage out of the boat by jumping the #5 & #6 female (engine side)pins in the harness connector and adding a hot wire to the +...
