Re: [OMC-Boats] Wiring questions

Wow. U may have just hit on something. Yes, I'm gonna clean my spark
arrestor tomorrow for sure......but even more important....u just made
me realize I didn't start experiencing this prob until I put my
cowling back on. And my cowling no longer has it's vents on the
side! However, I know I pulled it off to see what was happening right
after. And the prob continued. But maybe that air starvation
triggered it to go into some sort of tail spin. It ran great for 20
mins w/o cowling. Put cowling on. Prob starts. Pull cowling off.
Probs continue.

On Jun 18, 2009, at 5:21 PM, <rees4@...> wrote:

> Hi, I would just like to toss into the mix that my boat acted the
> same way until I cleaned the spark arrestor. It was starved for air
> and would not plane out. After I cleaned it the boat ran well.
> Ed
> ---- jd <jdood@...> wrote:
>>
>> On Jun 18, 2009, at 3:23 PM, Lee Shuster wrote:
>>
>>>>> So, sorry to be so redundant....but
>>>>> the red wire to the pos of coil as it is now, same as going
>>> straight to the ignition?
>>>
>>> It appears to be OKAY...I wouldn't change this.
>>>
>>>>> no! and i've alway wondered why. asked mechanic and got the "u
>>>>> don't need that" answer. i'll put a hose on it. where does
>>>>> the
>>>>> other end go? any noticeable difference with and without in
>>> running?
>>>
>>> Come to think about it, I don't recall if mine was ever hooked up.
>>> Don't worry about it.
>>>
>>>>> so with all this in mind.......in theory, since it starts, ran
>>> great
>>>>> for first 20 minutes, since electronic points, since no dwell to
>>>>> adjust........the weird acceleration stuff i am experiencing
>>>>> (mentioned in todays separate email) should NOT be having to do
>>> with
>>>>> timing? The ballast resistor is still in use. If I had the
>>> type
>>>>> of pertronix that DIDN'T require the BR, yet mine was in
>>> accidentally
>>>>> in use anyway....would that cause any noticeable running probs?
>>>
>>> Hard to say, but your mechanical advance looks like it could cause
>>> some problems. Check it out for it's ability to freely move and
>>> clean it.
>>>
>>> Remember my prior e-mails expalined how to determine which type coil
>>> you have by measuring the coil's internal primary reistance with all
>>> wires removed using an ohm meter.
>>>
Received on Friday, 19 June 2009