So they are carb I have pulled them from the tanks due to I had to clean and polish them which is done but for now I’m using a 11 gallon portable tank with fresh fuel rec 90 with a fuel an water separator inline before the carb with B12 chem tool treatment. The motor has had work done compression is good seals have been replaced heat exchanger has been replaced they have had the mercury IV electronic ignition added to them new plugs new wires new cap. We have fire but seems like there is a few seconds between each spark on number 1 cylinder plug the motor is also turning over slowly an pulling a lot of power from led lights an gauges to fluctuate.
So from what I know 2 owners ago it ran after that it hasn’t due to fuel issue which I taken care of as of me owning it no it hasn’t ran just kinda tries but won’t actually run.
I have checked each cylinder only fuel is getting in them no water. Stock cap a rotor after market wires but there proper ones got them from Napa also changed the coil out had them run a check a replace it which is also from Napa. I was just down there an playing with adjusting the degree on the distributor an I think I have a bad connection in my wire from it to coil because it would sound weak an slow then mess with it an speed up an sound loud when I mess with the wire an turn it out to fare. So I think I need to start there maybe an just put an hei on the motor.
Also it’s a good snap of spark can’t be honest on the color it’s been hot an I been covered in sweat but I do know it will spark then if you count 1,2,3,4 then it sparks again I’ll head down there in a bit an check the spark
Ok I’ll check that I definitely know I have a bad connection between the coil to distributor because I trusted the distributor out a little farther to get it to make that noise again an when I mess with my one wire it goes slow an soft sounding an mess with it again an it gets faster an louder. Could that be a problem should I just put my accel hei one on ?
I’ll fix the wire for now but I’ll be swapping it out once I know it runs because the electronic firing system is out dated a can’t really get replacement parts for it. Is there anything else I should check.
I did check today I have a snappy yellow spark does that mean I’m not getting good feed or is the coil weak some how I just put this coil on 2 months ago.
Ok so the feed to the coil I’ll check that also this evening.
Ayuh,.... For testing, just run a jumper wire from the battery(+) to the coil's (+),....
Sweet I’ll definitely do that thank you. Getting hard to find inboard mobile boat mechanics so pretty much got to do it myself.
I can try to get the serial number I do know there’s a solenoid on the very back of my motor which I thought was a very bad spot for it.
So I found I have 2 red wires tied into one red wiring leading to my + on the coil I just tried my coil also from my port motor which it ran till it dropped a lifter so I know it’s a good coil I changed the ends out to new ones with heat shrinks to make sure nothing is arcing.
Ok just a stupid question I’m looking from the back to the front of the motor all my pulley an belts are turning to the right which means a reverse motor but my rotor is turning clock wise ok do they use a special gear at the end of the cam an front of the cam ?
So I got some improvements yesterday it’s struggling to fire still but with some starting fluid I can get her to actually to want to run had her rolling on her own for about 4 seconds what should I check now ?
Ayuh,..... Why it ain't getting any gas,......
It’s getting gas trust me I have it hooked to an external 11 gallon tank on my upper deck with a fuel an water separator an a elec fuel pump with regulator so it’s got fuel I’m really leaning it’s time for that old electronic ignition to go an drop in my hei.
So we found the problem we where getting bad fire to some of the plugs so we are putting the hei in an another set of wires.
