Hi, im new here and hopefully someone more experienced can help me.
I have a mercury 650 early 1970s model. I repaired a few mechanical things and got it running great on the hose, buttoned everything up and let it sit a few days. Went back, started it up ran a few cycles and died. No spark. Looked at a few things, tested it and nothing. Tried again next day and did the same thing, ran for 30 seconds and died no spark. Ive got power to the cdi everywhere i should exept the brown wire to the coil. I dont have a dva, should i see any voltage when cranking? I checked the ignition switch thats working. I replaced the coil just to illuminate it. Now after the coil swap and getting the cdi rehooked up and turning over the motor to see if i have spark my starter and electric choke wont work. Ive tried jumping the starter selinoid. As soon as i connect the two post the voltage goes from 12v to 0v. Any help or tip would be greatly appreciated. Ive been at this a few months.
I have a mercury 650 early 1970s model. I repaired a few mechanical things and got it running great on the hose, buttoned everything up and let it sit a few days. Went back, started it up ran a few cycles and died. No spark. Looked at a few things, tested it and nothing. Tried again next day and did the same thing, ran for 30 seconds and died no spark. Ive got power to the cdi everywhere i should exept the brown wire to the coil. I dont have a dva, should i see any voltage when cranking? I checked the ignition switch thats working. I replaced the coil just to illuminate it. Now after the coil swap and getting the cdi rehooked up and turning over the motor to see if i have spark my starter and electric choke wont work. Ive tried jumping the starter selinoid. As soon as i connect the two post the voltage goes from 12v to 0v. Any help or tip would be greatly appreciated. Ive been at this a few months.