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    How to Diagnose No Fuel at Carb 7.4

    Engine information in my signature. I'm getting no fuel at my carb and so the engine won't start, what are my next trouble shooting steps? I did an engine rebuild. All fuel components sat for a couple years. I have the original carbs, fuel pump, and fuel lines back on. What I've done so far...
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    No Spark, checked battery and coil, what next?

    This description is helpful. I have the bullet connectors like this describes. I'll probably text these even though I have spark just to make everything has enough voltage
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    No Spark, checked battery and coil, what next?

    I found the issue. I had the purple wires connected to the negative posts instead of the positive post. And the other wires on the coil were swapped too. I have spark now. One step closer to getting it fired up after the rebuild.
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    No Spark, checked battery and coil, what next?

    Also many instructions I've found online say to test the wires going into the distributor but they're buried in epoxy and not accessible without cutting.
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    No Spark, checked battery and coil, what next?

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    No Spark, checked battery and coil, what next?

    I'm not getting any spark and I'm not sure what to trouble shoot next. How I determined I have no spark: I took out the cylinder 2 plug, put it back into the spark plug wire, set the tip against the exhaust manifold riser bolt and turned over the engine. My trouble shooting steps so far: 1)...
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    What fuse or blown component would prevent starting?

    Found the fuse that connects to the start switch and it was blown. Had a 15amp in it, so I put the 20amp cigarette lighter fuse into it and now everything lights up again and it turns over. Thank you for getting me moving forward with this repair. Not that it matters now, but the alternator...
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    What fuse or blown component would prevent starting?

    I was trouble shooting my no-spark condition on my engine and I think I blew something. I performed the following procedure to test the coil: 1) Inserted a spark plug directly into the coil wire end that would normally connect to the distributor cap. 2) Placed spark plug tip against manifold...
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    Assessing motor for rebuild or replacement

    The background: Made a really hard stop in the boat with too many people in the back which resulted in the engine starting to make a very quiet tapping noise. Over the next 15 minutes it turned into a loud clacking noise, hard to start, and really poor power from the engine. I limped it 2 miles...
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