Hopefully someone can help me understand how this works.
Last week our boat died after a little sputter in the lake. We managed to get someone to help tow us to the boat ramp and we got the boat home. The boat would crank and crank but would not fire. I put some gas in the carb and it didn't fire. A few days later figuring it was now an electrical issue I pulled the middle wire off the distributor and held it to the engine to see a nice blue spark while cranking. So then I pulled the number 1 plug wire and was going to do a similar test to see if I got a spark on the wire. Well the boat fired up and I immediately turned it off. I put the wire back on the plug and noticed it did not click on and off like the others and was loose. I squeezed it with my fingers so it would snap on like it should and the boat fired up.
What I don't understand is why wouldn't the boat start with the wire loosely on the spark plug but it would with it completely off and on like it should be?
Last week our boat died after a little sputter in the lake. We managed to get someone to help tow us to the boat ramp and we got the boat home. The boat would crank and crank but would not fire. I put some gas in the carb and it didn't fire. A few days later figuring it was now an electrical issue I pulled the middle wire off the distributor and held it to the engine to see a nice blue spark while cranking. So then I pulled the number 1 plug wire and was going to do a similar test to see if I got a spark on the wire. Well the boat fired up and I immediately turned it off. I put the wire back on the plug and noticed it did not click on and off like the others and was loose. I squeezed it with my fingers so it would snap on like it should and the boat fired up.
What I don't understand is why wouldn't the boat start with the wire loosely on the spark plug but it would with it completely off and on like it should be?
