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This is my 1st post. Ive been reading old forums for a couple of weeks and would like to thank everybody THANK YOU Now heres my story. I bought a boat. It is a 1976 26' Yukon Delta houseboat with a 1969 85hp Evinrude selectric shift outboard model #85993 S, serial #EO8841. <br /><br />It looked to be in rough shape but still seaworthy. The previous owner started it in his yard with a flush hose on it and said that the reverse did not work but it would go forward. So I bought it and took it home. <br /><br />After cleaning all the garbage out, I installed a new 6 gallon gas tank with 50:1 mix. I took it to the river and tried to start it. It cranked and cranked, starter engaged good, but would not start. One time it fired up, lunged forward and died. I tried somemore, finally gave up and took it home. Then I found this website. <br /><br />I found that it was not wired right so I rewired from the ignition switch to engine to the shifter(10 wires). I cleaned the carburetor and fuel pump, and installed new hoses. Compression is 122 in all 4 cylinders. Now I don't get any spark This is where I need your help. What should I check now? It appears that some of the ignition parts are newer. The box mounted on the back of the engine with 3 wires(blue, red, black/white) is labeled "Rapaired Motorola ign system 3 or 4 cyl omc no. 397123 date mfg sell <br />month 2 week 4 year 6. the ignition coil labeled rapaired and two yellow wires to under flywheel. Is this original or some upgrade?
This is my 1st post. Ive been reading old forums for a couple of weeks and would like to thank everybody THANK YOU Now heres my story. I bought a boat. It is a 1976 26' Yukon Delta houseboat with a 1969 85hp Evinrude selectric shift outboard model #85993 S, serial #EO8841. <br /><br />It looked to be in rough shape but still seaworthy. The previous owner started it in his yard with a flush hose on it and said that the reverse did not work but it would go forward. So I bought it and took it home. <br /><br />After cleaning all the garbage out, I installed a new 6 gallon gas tank with 50:1 mix. I took it to the river and tried to start it. It cranked and cranked, starter engaged good, but would not start. One time it fired up, lunged forward and died. I tried somemore, finally gave up and took it home. Then I found this website. <br /><br />I found that it was not wired right so I rewired from the ignition switch to engine to the shifter(10 wires). I cleaned the carburetor and fuel pump, and installed new hoses. Compression is 122 in all 4 cylinders. Now I don't get any spark This is where I need your help. What should I check now? It appears that some of the ignition parts are newer. The box mounted on the back of the engine with 3 wires(blue, red, black/white) is labeled "Rapaired Motorola ign system 3 or 4 cyl omc no. 397123 date mfg sell <br />month 2 week 4 year 6. the ignition coil labeled rapaired and two yellow wires to under flywheel. Is this original or some upgrade?