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Roger Moellman
New member
Username: greasy1025
Post Number: 1
Registered: 05-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 12:09 pm: | 
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no spark and not sure where to look or start please help. 1965 90hp evinrude starflight |
ikia
Visitor
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 12:25 pm: |
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Start with cleaning the points, replace condenser, test the coil. |
Roger Moellman
Member
Username: greasy1025
Post Number: 4
Registered: 05-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 12:28 pm: |
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i know how to clean points. but how do i test coil? |
ikia
Visitor
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 01:40 pm: |
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Any shop with a MERC-O-TRONIC tester can do it, if you have no spark at all.They can test the rotor and distributor cap as well as they are not cheap if you need new. |
Roger Moellman
Member
Username: greasy1025
Post Number: 5
Registered: 05-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 03:01 pm: |
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HOW DO I CHECK THE RECTIFIRE? |
ikia
Visitor
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 04:01 pm: |
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The rectifier is part of the charging system and has nothing to do with spark. |
Roger Moellman
Member
Username: greasy1025
Post Number: 6
Registered: 05-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 06:30 pm: |
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put on new coil and still no spark |
Joe Reeves
Senior Member
Username: joereeves
Post Number: 6013
Registered: 02-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 07:55 pm: |
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Do you have voltage to the ignition coil? If not, there in lies your problem. |
Roger Moellman
Member
Username: greasy1025
Post Number: 7
Registered: 05-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 09:08 pm: |
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YES THERE SEEMS TO BE POWER TO THE COIL THE LINE TO THE POS. SIDE IS HOT HAS POWER |
Joe Reeves
Senior Member
Username: joereeves
Post Number: 6018
Registered: 02-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 - 10:32 pm: |
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Check to see if you have spark directly at the coil. Insert a test wire into the coil and have the other end of that wire 1/4" away from the powerhead.
If you have spark at the coil, replace the rotor that is under the distributor cap. Let us know what you find. |
Roger Moellman
Member
Username: greasy1025
Post Number: 8
Registered: 05-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 10:41 am: |
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no spark at coil but power to coil tryed to new coils same thing |
