rds 23 johnson 40 hp no spark

4clancey

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Aug 8, 2010
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does a 40 hp johnson have a saftey device that wont allow it to fire when engine is out of water? i cant get mine to fire.
 

joebob14

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Re: rds 23 johnson 40 hp no spark

I just fixed this problem with mine. Make sure the black wires coming out from under the flywheal arnt grounde on anything. Turns out mine had a bare spot in the wire under the coil. I disconnected the wire from the coil and covered the bare spot with a heatshrink tube and wala. This was a diagram that was given to me by Willyclay and it helped out alot.


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