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    Bought a boat. Got a Frankenstein I'm afraid.

    I went on and changed the rectifier because the wire was gone and the backing was split. I have spark now. I put some premixed fuel to it and I got it running, kind of. It ran about 20 seconds on its own. I got to go in and change all the fuel lines from the quick connect to pump then to the...
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    Bought a boat. Got a Frankenstein I'm afraid.

    This box.
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    Bought a boat. Got a Frankenstein I'm afraid.

    Will my 1977 model have a CDI box? Maybe thats what they are calling the "power pack"?
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    Bought a boat. Got a Frankenstein I'm afraid.

    Does that not signal when to spark? It's like a crank sensor on a car right?
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    Bought a boat. Got a Frankenstein I'm afraid.

    How do you test the timing base? I would assume that would be next.
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    Bought a boat. Got a Frankenstein I'm afraid.

    Would the rectifier cause a no spark?
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    Bought a boat. Got a Frankenstein I'm afraid.

    Now that it has stopped raining ( I live in western KY) I was able to get on the boat some. I ran the compression test. Did it dry. I got 90 across the board with only pulling the plug on the one being checked. I [kicks] and giggles, I pulled all the plugs and hit it one more time. As I checked...
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    Bought a boat. Got a Frankenstein I'm afraid.

    Now, since the original motor was a remote oil mixer, what is the 2 stroke mixture ratio for that engine? Should I crank it dry/no fuel.
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    Bought a boat. Got a Frankenstein I'm afraid.

    I put it into gear on the controller. I was able to turn the flywheel by hand several revelutions (struggling with the compression stroke) and the prop was turning. How should I do a compression test with out cranking?
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    Bought a boat. Got a Frankenstein I'm afraid.

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    Bought a boat. Got a Frankenstein I'm afraid.

    Now I can post photos
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    Bought a boat. Got a Frankenstein I'm afraid.

    It is a dark blue. Almost a metallic blue. It does have power trim.
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    Bought a boat. Got a Frankenstein I'm afraid.

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    Bought a boat. Got a Frankenstein I'm afraid.

    If this will help any, I found only one number on the cylinder head. 320389
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    Bought a boat. Got a Frankenstein I'm afraid.

    I'm going to post some more information to help get my numbers up.
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