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Old 10-29-2008 | 07:09 AM
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I have tried everything I can think of. I have no fire to the distributor, I thought maybe it was a bad kill switch, but that checked out ok. I replaced the coil, the plugs etc., I even checked the air in the tires. Please help.

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Old 10-29-2008 | 07:50 AM
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If it has MSD, the box will be junk.
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Old 10-29-2008 | 08:07 AM
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Start with a 12 volt test light and see if you have power to the ignition module first.
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Old 10-29-2008 | 08:13 AM
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Have you ever had any voltage issues with your boat? If you have an MSD and run the ignition on less than 12 volts you can screw the ignition up.
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Old 10-29-2008 | 08:24 AM
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If you have MSD. Swap the box from your other motor. or borrow one. One day it will fire, next day its a new Anchor. That's how one of my boxes went.
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Old 10-29-2008 | 08:42 AM
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I don't have an MSD box on either motor. I just have an MSD coil, that I just replaced, with no luck. The only thing I did electrically, was install a new breaker on the fuel gauge. I unplugged the breaker and still no fire. It first started out on one motor, no neither motor will start...
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Old 10-29-2008 | 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by x7734x
Have you ever had any voltage issues with your boat? If you have an MSD and run the ignition on less than 12 volts you can screw the ignition up.
if you have an MSD and try to run it on ANY voltage , the chances are good it will fail.
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Old 10-29-2008 | 03:16 PM
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Have you run a test lead on the positive side of the coil to see if you're getting power when the ignition is on? Also, while cranking put a test light on the negative coil wire and see if the light flickers.

Takes less than 5 minutes to verify this, then we can go from there.
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Old 10-29-2008 | 08:08 PM
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Tell us al little more of what you have. EFI?, regular distributor and coil? or what?
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Old 10-30-2008 | 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Turbojack
Tell us al little more of what you have. EFI?, regular distributor and coil? or what?

Blower motors with carbs, msd coil, reg. ignition. Motors crank only. Nothing is unplugged. All breakers are in good shape and operating correctly.
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