No spark 55 HP Evinrude triumph 1969

[Crosbyman]

ok in retrospect dieelectric grease is more for moisture in connectors and clamps no so much like true HV silicone...to stop arcing in old TV flyback transformers

give it a smell test burnt stuff usually smellls.. burnt

points looked real dirty ..........hopefully a good clean will help but that ampliifer is till suspect...:-(

 

[Mc Tool]

Im pretty sure those green coils are for the charging system and nowt to do with ignition . If by burnt you are refering to the brown discolouration on the top of some of those coils I say its just that ...discoloured due to age and possibly that green coating is thinner on the top . If that stator is between .1 and 1-2 ohm and not down to earth its probly fine .
I have just (yesterday) found that the stator charging harness plug had fried itself on my quad ( I was looking for something totally unrelated and saw it ), measured the stator ....all fine ,new plug , job done .
Dont be intimidated by these things as they are quite simple once you know, good on you for having a go

 

[sad boater]

Unfortunately I'm not that lucky, when I found the wires burnt I also found my rectifier and ignition coil cracked. From what I've read this setup was fickle very fickle so much so that in 1973 they completely changed the ignition system. The brown color was in the bottom and aligned with each spark plug wire. It tests fine as far as ohms.

 

[sad boater]

ok in retrospect dieelectric grease is more for moisture in connectors and clamps no so much like true HV silicone...to stop arcing in old TV flyback transformers

give it a smell test burnt stuff usually smellls.. burnt

points looked real dirty ..........hopefully a good clean will help but that ampliifer is till suspect...:-(

Yes they were dirty and a little bit out of adjustment. I got them cleaned but haven't put it back together yet. I've decided since in in it I'm going to replace the distributor and wires they are old and feel a little brittle. I'm going to do my best to not have to do this again. I'm also leaning towards the amplifier, after I put the top back together I'm going to do the tap test to see if I get spark apparently that the only way to tell if it's good. I don't smell anything burnt smelling......The adventure continues....