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    115 V4 2-Stroke 1978 no Spark at any cylinder

    so after a lot of fiddling with batteries, kill switches and spark plugs etc, an old boy at the slipway suggested i clean the carbs... so i blew the air ways through on the carbs and the bloody engine runs lovely now... the idle is a little low and sometimes stalls when dropping into neutral...
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    115 V4 2-Stroke 1978 no Spark at any cylinder

    Cheers👍🏼👍🏼
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    115 V4 2-Stroke 1978 no Spark at any cylinder

    The kill circuit is incorporated in the ignition switch. It's not a separate unit...👍🏼
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    115 V4 2-Stroke 1978 no Spark at any cylinder

    so i changed the ignition switch and that seemed to do the trick, untill i found out i had a broken spark plug... so changed all four plugs for new ones and she only fired up. The battery isnt that powerful, so was wondering what size CCA battery i should have for the 115HP motor.. any info...
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    115 V4 2-Stroke 1978 no Spark at any cylinder

    i hope so... ill be back on it next week when im home so ill report back...
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    115 V4 2-Stroke 1978 no Spark at any cylinder

    Cheers for responding... i have cleaned the keyswitch with contact cleaner and tested the terminals with a continuity tester and all the contacts work as they should when turning the key. Also the short im getting between the black/yellow wire and the earth wire isnt there when i disconnect the...
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    115 V4 2-Stroke 1978 no Spark at any cylinder

    like i said earlier; When the big red plug is disconnected the remote wiring tests out ok. When the big red plug is disconnected the motor will run on its own. its only when the plug is connected the fault comes back.... i'll check the wiring but wanting to know if it could be anything...
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    115 V4 2-Stroke 1978 no Spark at any cylinder

    i kinda figured that out, the kill lanyard is built into the key switch, it basically turns the key to the off position.... My problem is that the black/yellow wire is shorting to earth and i dont know if its the electronics or a damaged wire. the engine runs if i disconnect the big red plug...
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    115 V4 2-Stroke 1978 no Spark at any cylinder

    this is the schematic of the remote...
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    115 V4 2-Stroke 1978 no Spark at any cylinder

    ive pulled this pic up from a ttext, not the best i know....
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    115 V4 2-Stroke 1978 no Spark at any cylinder

    the ignition key has a red surround that a landyard fits into and its rotated and locked in place, when the motor is running and the lanyard is pulled, the key is forced into the off position where it shorts out the black/yellow wire with the earth and subsequently stops the engine
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    115 V4 2-Stroke 1978 no Spark at any cylinder

    i cant find the kill switch, its not at the remote and i cant see one on the engine? what does it look like and where should it be?
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    115 V4 2-Stroke 1978 no Spark at any cylinder

    Hello, So im told i have a 1978 model of above titled engine. I sunk the boat at the beach a few weeks ago, didnt go fully under as we were close to shore. I got the boat home and dry and got the engine fired up and rinsed out the sea water, it ran a little rough, and i put it down to maybe sea...
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