1981 80 HP Murcurey Ignition Problem

[111torrance111]

I have a 1981 80 HP Mercury wiring problem, I have burnt wires leading to the Stator, trigger, coil & Rectifier.

Cause:

It looks likes the Violet wire coming from the trigger was rubbing against the housing & shorted out, this burnt the following wires.

1. Stator: Both the Yellow/Red wires coming from the rectifier
2. Trigger: Violet wire leading to pin 7 on switch box
3. The number 1 & 4 output wires from the switch box leading to the coils

I think I can can repairs all the wiring harnesses, so I guess my question is how do I test the componets & is there a paticular order of testing?

Need to know how to test the following

Stator
Rectifier
Trigger
Coils (I assume if I regain spark that a good enough test for the coils)

Thanks for any help.

Jerry

 

[basstracker1970]

Re: 1981 80 HP Murcurey Ignition Problem

I would like to know this also....Come on you techs help us here....

 

[carholme]

Re: 1981 80 HP Murcurey Ignition Problem

To both of you:

For the amount of testing you wish to do, you might want to read the Mercury section beginning on page 65 and keep it for reference:

http://issuu.com/cdielectronics/doc...t.xml&backgroundColor=000000&showFlipBtn=true

Gerry