I have an older Minn Kota Edge 45 that has worked perfectly until today. I lost power on speeds 3 & 4 but the motor ran find on 1, 2 & 5. A few hours later the motor stopped running all together. When I pulled it out of the water I took the head cap off and tested the wires directly to the motor...
I am in the process of rebuilding a 1968 Mercury 39, at this point I have rebuilt the water pump, new fuel lines and pump disphrams, cleaned and rebuilt the carb and new lower gear oil. I am able to get the motor running with starter fluid, it does not idle for long but if I throw it in forward...