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    1998 Johnson 175 Ficht Not Starting

    I'm back with an update - over the last 2 months I searched high and low for an ignition module. The first one I found came out of California from someone that parts out motors, $450 with a 6 month guarantee - that one proved to be faulty and kept blowing the ignition circuit fuse, I got a full...
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    1998 Johnson 175 Ficht Not Starting

    The power relay was fine, my number came up at the marina, they couldn't positively identify the problem but suspect the ignition module is finished, as I believe Fastbullet also suspected. Here are some pictures, it shows signs of corrosion.It's not available any longer so I am trying to find...
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    1998 Johnson 175 Ficht Not Starting

    I'm going through the tests again and I discovered the Power Relay connector has signs of melting. The wires seem intact, the power relay doesn't appear to have any signs of heat damage, and the power relay test was good, it just looks like the connector housing is melting. I grabbed my old...
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    1998 Johnson 175 Ficht Not Starting

    These are the test instructions https://i.postimg.cc/28GvFTRF/coil-primary-voltage-test.png https://i.postimg.cc/rpcBX8YL/voltage-supply-test.png https://i.postimg.cc/T3nz4y09/voltage-supply-test-2.png
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    1998 Johnson 175 Ficht Not Starting

    I forgot to add that I inserted paper into the cylinders while cranking to confirm fuel is being sprayed in the cylinder.
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    1998 Johnson 175 Ficht Not Starting

    In conducting voltage supply tests, I placed the positive meter lead on the fuse for the "Ignition System", with the key on the voltage should be 1 volt less than the reading at the battery, and it is. While cranking, this voltage should be increase, but it doesn't I attempted to test the...
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    1998 Johnson 175 Ficht Not Starting

    Today I check if fuel was getting into the cylinders by following Crosbyman's advice and I can confirm fuel is getting to the cylinders, fuel pressure test on the high and low ports are within specs. Using the noid light and the static fuel injector test in evdiagnostic I can confirm all...
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    1998 Johnson 175 Ficht Not Starting

    I apologize, this thread is becoming long, somewhere a few posts back I backtracked on getting spark, I get a dim light on my glow tester, but no spark on a conventional old tester or even grounding the plug against the block. I don't have spark.
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    1998 Johnson 175 Ficht Not Starting

    Thanks, I ordered the noid lights. I can see that there are some pre-owned ECUs out there, would that be plug and play?
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    1998 Johnson 175 Ficht Not Starting

    Thanks Crosbyman, would this be a good choice for a Noid Lamp...
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    1998 Johnson 175 Ficht Not Starting

    8 or 10 years ago, I bought a wiring harness for this motor off someone who had a boat on the great lakes, I remembered he had thrown in some extra parts, I went through the box and found a Suppressor Diode :) It didn't show any different results than the one on the boat, but I swapped it out...
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    1998 Johnson 175 Ficht Not Starting

    Maybe all of that was too much information, I just need to understand how to test the suppressor diode
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    1998 Johnson 175 Ficht Not Starting

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    1998 Johnson 175 Ficht Not Starting

    In conducting voltage supply tests, I placed the positive meter lead on the fuse for the "Ignition System", with the key on the voltage should be 1 volt less than the reading at the battery, and it is. While cranking, this voltage should be increase, but it doesn't, this directed me to test the...
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    1998 Johnson 175 Ficht Not Starting

    I just checked again with an old school conventional tester, and I get no spark.
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    1998 Johnson 175 Ficht Not Starting

    I finally got the boat out of the water, fortunately the day before the remnants of Hurricane Debbie made her way up the north and created a big tidal surge in the Chesapeake Bay, and our docks were under water. I checked the fuel pressure first and I am getting 25 psi on the high pressure...
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    1998 Johnson 175 Ficht Not Starting

    I replaced the cracked coil pack and the engine temp sensor. I tested the VST to ensure it wasn't flooding, it's not, so I didn't change it out. The next step was to test the fuel pressure under operating conditions, but the while the engine would crank, it wouldn't start, not even a cough. I...
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    1998 Johnson 175 Ficht Not Starting

    Thanks Crosbyman, I have a new VST that I will install, in addition to a new coil pack that has a crack in it. I would think if the ECM was causing the shutdown it would leave a code behind, but maybe not. Sorry for the poor quality photo of the EV diagnostic monitoring screen, it was a sunny...
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    1998 Johnson 175 Ficht Not Starting

    Thank you for chiming in faztbullet & Cyclops, my book is a Clymer (not that its any better), and it has a supplemental section for the Ficht, and yes I went down the wrong path. Back in the Ficht supplemental section I started the process of elimination, it appears that my coil pack round...
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    1998 Johnson 175 Ficht Not Starting

    I did the voltage supply test as per the attached instructions, check voltage to the J terminal in the power distribution panel while the engine is cranking. The good book says I should be getting 9.5 volts or higher, mine tops out at 9 volts. When it is not cranking I get 12.5 volts. I have a...
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