Hey guys.
I've got an inboard atomic 4 that just quit on me one day when coming back in. My electrician friend said it wasn't getting any spark and we thought it was the coil that was fried. So I started by replacing the coil and all the wires and connections attached to it. This didn't work, but I was getting a weak spark. So I added a ballast resistor to the coil to increase the resistance to 3 ohms because it was running at 1.5. Now I've added the ballast resistor AND replaced the coil cable going to the distributor. The engine still won't start and now the ballast resistor is SMOKING. I can't figure out where I'm going wrong or what else could be wrong with the engine. Any suggestions?
I've got an inboard atomic 4 that just quit on me one day when coming back in. My electrician friend said it wasn't getting any spark and we thought it was the coil that was fried. So I started by replacing the coil and all the wires and connections attached to it. This didn't work, but I was getting a weak spark. So I added a ballast resistor to the coil to increase the resistance to 3 ohms because it was running at 1.5. Now I've added the ballast resistor AND replaced the coil cable going to the distributor. The engine still won't start and now the ballast resistor is SMOKING. I can't figure out where I'm going wrong or what else could be wrong with the engine. Any suggestions?