Thread: 1987 Force 85hp motor, carburetor rebuild gonna happen.

So here's the latest. I am all excited, she's running great on land, I bring the boat to the launch ramp, dumped her in the water. And there it sat!

Unbelievable. I live about a mile from the boat ramp, ain't far. What can go wrong in a mile. Well, you've heard the saying if it can go wrong it will!

Turns over great, but nothing. Just like the lanyard is pulled. Like there be no sparky sparky.

So I look it over, sit on the back seat over the engine, with the cover off. And this guy takes a picture of me doing so. He laughed and said, wow, now I know what that back seat is made for! lol We had a laugh.

Anyway, boat goes back on trailer, I park it in driveway, get wifey outside to turn her over so I can put my tongue on the spark plug wire to see if there really is no sparky sparky. And dang it, I don't die in agony, no sparky. No I didn't put my tongue on the wire, I stuck a screw driver in it, and held it up close to the sparky plug.

So ok now, for sure there ain't no sparky.

I check the net, get some tests to do, disconnect blue wire at the motor, and dang it if she don't fire right up. She needs an ignition switch. Now here I sit, waiting for an ignition switch from Amazon, one day delivery, will be here tomorrow. To lazy and tired to go to local Marina and buy one, besides it'd be twice the price. I got other things I can work on, on the boat anywho.

Originally Posted by Herewego

BOAT=Break out another thousand


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Broken On A Trailer