Evenrude 60hp will not run for a long period of time

" The Evenrude 60hp Model# 601

" The Evenrude 60hp Model# 60173G. Serial# J08019. The engine will start and run great then all of a sudden it will die. When I try to start it after it has died it is like it has no fire, just turns over. If I let it sit I can start it and it will run less than the time before. Each time is lesser than before. I don't think it is flooding, but it might be. Any ideas on a solution/troubleshoot?? "

"Stretch.... That's a 1971

"Stretch.... That's a 1971 60hp Evinrude that has "Battery Capacitance Discharge" ignition (powerpack). That ignition system demands perfect tight wiring through out, coupled with a top notch battery with at least a 70 amp hour rating. Any flaws in the system can lead to a failing but intermitent powerpack. I'll list below a test that you can do to check the powerpack output. I know it's a pain to do troubleshooting on the water but sometimes, that's the only recourse.

Have the test bulb mentioned below ready, and be prepared to remove the spark plugs to do this test. Good luck.
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(Battery Capacitance Dischage Powerpack Test)

Purchase a small 12v bulb at your local automotive parts store (the 12v bulb is to look like a flashlight bulb, not a headlight bulb). Solder two wires to that bulb, one to the side of the bulb (ground), and the other to the positive point.

Remove the spark plugs. With the key in the on position, make sure that you have 12v going to the pack at the terminal block (purple wire). Now, connect the ground wire from the bulb to any powerhead ground. Connect the wire from the positive point of that bulb to the powerpack wire that is connected to the coil wire on the terminal board (blue wire).

Crank the engine and observe that bulb closely (CLOSELY!). If that bulb glows even the slightest bit, the powerpack is okay. It may be a very dim glow... just so it glows! If it doesn't glow, the pack has failed.

Keep in mind, that type powerpack (Battery Capacitance Discharge) demands a top notch battery of at least 70 amp hours. Any less will, in time, cause powerpack failure.

Joe "

" i don't know outboards n

" i don't know outboards nearly as well as joe but i do know electronics, and what you have is a thermal problem, probably in the power pack,if you went to radio shack and bought a can of component cooler and sprayed the powerpack(alot) after the engine stalled, and then tried and it started that would also indicate a bad power pack "