Overboard2017
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We are in Fiji and have had mechanics look at our '06 mfs9.8A3 with low low low hours across the South Pacific. We bought it in San Diego in 2015 and it was showroom quality un-used. But it started acting up in the Tuomotus and stopped working completely in Samoa. We've had mechanics look at it from The Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and Kiribati. Now in Fiji we asked a mechanic to test our cd, stator and ignition coils and he came back saying the problem was the CD unit. Being many miles from a supplier, it cost us a lot in time and money, but finally after two months of screw ups, we got a new CD unit. It didn't fix the problem. So now we are trying to figure out how to troubleshoot it ourselves.
There is no spark. My first question is (don't laugh at the only girl in the room): do I test exciter coil and ignition coil voltages using a multi-meter in ac or dc? Really its a two part question: can I test without a DVM attachment? There are two of us so one can be watching the meter, but I read that it's hard to see the numbers on a multi meter with the ***** eye.
engineless and up a creek in Fiji,
Lauri
There is no spark. My first question is (don't laugh at the only girl in the room): do I test exciter coil and ignition coil voltages using a multi-meter in ac or dc? Really its a two part question: can I test without a DVM attachment? There are two of us so one can be watching the meter, but I read that it's hard to see the numbers on a multi meter with the ***** eye.
engineless and up a creek in Fiji,
Lauri