I have a 1984 (I think) 8hp Mariner outboard that I am working on for an 80 yr old neighbor. Anyway apparently this thing is a bastard engine. Yamaha built it and put points in it. The only Yamaha that had points was a 2hp. It has a bad wire and it does not replace like my beloved jonrudes. It has cm61-26 stamped on it. I found one on ebay and thought I was in business. Well it has 1.5 ohms less resistance and has CDI stamped on it. Apparently for capacitive discharge ignition. I have searched the internet over and found no coil. Can I convert this thing over to cdi if I can find a yamaha 8hp that has it? is there a conversion available that would work with the cdi coil. It is identical in every respect except the resistance. It has no low rpm spark and a weak high rpm. Swapped with the other and problem moves with it.
