First off, being as detailed as possible. Motor ran fine since Fishing Season in April 2012. Around Mid May the Tach stopped working.
But the motor continued to run fine with no issues. I even kept track of the Charging System and all was normal.
Yesterday, we put the boat in and noticed it was hard cold starting. Motor started and idled fine. parked at the dock and motor shut off.
When I parked the truck, I tried to start the motor again and it was very hard to start but eventually did. We rolled out and the motor ran fine
all the way out offshore. When we slowed to get ready for anchor, the motor sounded like it suddenly ran on 4 cylinders and then shut off.
I checked for spark and there was none.
I opened the power pack to inspect the harnesses. I unplugged and replugged everything. Still no spark. I unplugged the 2 wire harness
that had black with yellow stripe/black with orange stripe and motor started right up. Tach was now working. When I tried to shut motor off with
the key, motor wouldnt shut off. had to starve it out to shut it off. We ran the motor like this all day.
When it was time to head in, I ran the motor about 1500 rpms. The motor would sound like it ran on 4 cylinders then 6. This cycle was constant
and the tach still worked including the charge to the battery. When I got close enough to shore, I nailed it wide open and the motor holeshotted
to wide open throttle. Motor ran fine all the way back to the dock but when slowing to idle speed, motor kept shutting off. I need input and my
fellow boaters opinions on what I need to be looking for to fix this! Tks
But the motor continued to run fine with no issues. I even kept track of the Charging System and all was normal.
Yesterday, we put the boat in and noticed it was hard cold starting. Motor started and idled fine. parked at the dock and motor shut off.
When I parked the truck, I tried to start the motor again and it was very hard to start but eventually did. We rolled out and the motor ran fine
all the way out offshore. When we slowed to get ready for anchor, the motor sounded like it suddenly ran on 4 cylinders and then shut off.
I checked for spark and there was none.
I opened the power pack to inspect the harnesses. I unplugged and replugged everything. Still no spark. I unplugged the 2 wire harness
that had black with yellow stripe/black with orange stripe and motor started right up. Tach was now working. When I tried to shut motor off with
the key, motor wouldnt shut off. had to starve it out to shut it off. We ran the motor like this all day.
When it was time to head in, I ran the motor about 1500 rpms. The motor would sound like it ran on 4 cylinders then 6. This cycle was constant
and the tach still worked including the charge to the battery. When I got close enough to shore, I nailed it wide open and the motor holeshotted
to wide open throttle. Motor ran fine all the way back to the dock but when slowing to idle speed, motor kept shutting off. I need input and my
fellow boaters opinions on what I need to be looking for to fix this! Tks