electrical gremlin question

[bob johnson]

discovered I lost spark after running a short while and throttling down...

happend three times in three days...last time would could not get the motor started again and eventually had nothing at my key switch( would not crank over)

battery charged

so since the motor was under warranty, i took it back

the guys mechanic says my harness from the controls to the motor is bad.

because he said he plugged in his test control and the motor started up

while mine did nothing

BUT..when i had my problems after the motor died on the water...the motor cranked over fine....but there was no spark( used a spark tester right there on the water, because I figured it would happen again)

now how can my harness be bad to not allow spark, but allow the motor to crank over?

can a wire in the harness or a connection between some plugs go bad , so that the motor still cranks, but no connection is allowed to give the motor spark?????

seems fishy to me

he tells me that I have a bad connector and that it is broken on both plugs that fit together....

that was the issue.

I know it is hard to follow, because things got worse over a few days and the Problem metamorphosised from just loosing spark to not even cranking over.

but now the mechanic is saying they were all caused by a bad connection...

IN MY HARNESS...thus I have to pay for his labor to fix the issue and it isnt covered under the motor warranty.

if it is the facts, then i dont have an issue...just seems fishy, the connection turned on its problem and turned it off three times over three days...

funny the systems check lights all worked and the horn sounded and the four lights on the tach went off one by one...

but the starter would not crank

thanks

bob

 

[R.Johnson]

Re: electrical gremlin question

I would start by testing the key switch.

 

[bob johnson]

Re: electrical gremlin question

I thought that early and i repalced the ignition switch with one I had on another exact same control....nothing changed..

mine had been working well

and the spare control was working when it was taken off less than a month ago.

the mechanic told me it was a bad connector at the motor from my harness.

cost me 2 hours of labor( with a test run to make sure all was working)

fixed now..just didnt sound right that when the key WAS workign it would crank the starter but not power the power packs

bob

 

[oldrudedude]

Re: electrical gremlin question

Sounds right to me. They are different circuits. A bad connection in a plug will often heat up before it totally fails. The heat could have started/increased oxidation of another plug of that connector. the connector probably got moisture in it.