Mercury thunderbolt 110, no spark

[Justindfl]

Attempting to fix the spark on my old 1973 mercury thunderbolt 110 9.8. I am not sure if the ground wire is in the right place, if I should rewire it, or if I need the kill switch connected for it to spark.
Serial: 3486xxx

 

[Scott Danforth]

first, welcome aboard

on a 2-stroke with magneto ignition, you ground the ignition to kill spark. that is what the kill switch does.

 

[racerone]

Need to check whether that motor needs circuit open or closed to make spark

 

[Faztbullet]

The wire/coil colors make it a phase maker ignition and kill switch has to be closed to run. Also the colors are not in correct location. Need to pull flywheel and see what wires wwhere repaired