Hey Ya'll,
I am having I heck of a time getting this motor to run right. Its a 1996 Mercury 40hp 4 cylinder. It runs good sometimes then sometimes it seems like it only running on 2 cylinders, then all of a sudden it will pick up and run like a cat kicked in the butt. I've pulled both carbs, thoroughly cleaned, and installed a new carb kit in them. Same problem. New Spark Plugs, same problem. New Ignition coils, same problem. I tested the stator today and here is what I got:
Red Wire to Red/White - 51.5
Blue wire to Blue/White- 0.00
Yellow wire to yellow- 1.3
I checked it multiple times and I got the same reading. I tested with the stator and flywheel still on the motor.
Could someone please help me verify this Stator is INDEED bad before I drop 400 bucks on a new one. The weird thing is this is not the OEM Stator the harness has a CDI Electronics tag on it, and the Voltage regulator is a CDI Electronics unit also. Doesn't mean it couldn't be bad I guess.
THANKS A TON in advance!
I am having I heck of a time getting this motor to run right. Its a 1996 Mercury 40hp 4 cylinder. It runs good sometimes then sometimes it seems like it only running on 2 cylinders, then all of a sudden it will pick up and run like a cat kicked in the butt. I've pulled both carbs, thoroughly cleaned, and installed a new carb kit in them. Same problem. New Spark Plugs, same problem. New Ignition coils, same problem. I tested the stator today and here is what I got:
Red Wire to Red/White - 51.5
Blue wire to Blue/White- 0.00
Yellow wire to yellow- 1.3
I checked it multiple times and I got the same reading. I tested with the stator and flywheel still on the motor.
Could someone please help me verify this Stator is INDEED bad before I drop 400 bucks on a new one. The weird thing is this is not the OEM Stator the harness has a CDI Electronics tag on it, and the Voltage regulator is a CDI Electronics unit also. Doesn't mean it couldn't be bad I guess.
THANKS A TON in advance!