nwboater45
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Sep 6, 2012
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- 91
1989 Mercruiser 470, 165, 3.7L
First of all let me start off by stating that I am an electrical moron (half joking). I can handle mechanical I can handle but electrical drives me nuts. So anyways I was installing a Petronix ignition today with horrible results. I read several posts on this site and other sites in regards to intalling the Petronix ignition. So I disconnected the negative from the battery and installed the ignition. I reconnected the negative to check the voltage from the purple resistor wire. The purple wire after the choke was 10 and before the choke was 12. So I disconnected the negative from the battery again to splice in the new power per the posts I have read. I got all that done and was rechecking the volts again to make sure I had everything correct. Well I must have hit a ground wire or done something wrong when I heard a strange noise (like "phist") and the volt meter went to zero (oh ****). So I turned the ignition key to the first position and nothing worked on the dash. I then turned the key all the way and the motor turns over but of course won't start. Doesn't anyone know what I might have blown? Or even where to start looking? Like I mentioned electrical is not my thing. I did not see any smoke or smell burnt wire. Any suggestions will be helpful.
First of all let me start off by stating that I am an electrical moron (half joking). I can handle mechanical I can handle but electrical drives me nuts. So anyways I was installing a Petronix ignition today with horrible results. I read several posts on this site and other sites in regards to intalling the Petronix ignition. So I disconnected the negative from the battery and installed the ignition. I reconnected the negative to check the voltage from the purple resistor wire. The purple wire after the choke was 10 and before the choke was 12. So I disconnected the negative from the battery again to splice in the new power per the posts I have read. I got all that done and was rechecking the volts again to make sure I had everything correct. Well I must have hit a ground wire or done something wrong when I heard a strange noise (like "phist") and the volt meter went to zero (oh ****). So I turned the ignition key to the first position and nothing worked on the dash. I then turned the key all the way and the motor turns over but of course won't start. Doesn't anyone know what I might have blown? Or even where to start looking? Like I mentioned electrical is not my thing. I did not see any smoke or smell burnt wire. Any suggestions will be helpful.
chalk does help... Huge thanks! now, I have to hit the right button!!! ;-)
