last weekend i took the boat out and just before taking it out of the water i tied off on the pier to get the boat ready to trailer and killed the engine
well, i could not get it started afterwards so i just used the bow lines to get her trailered and looked it over the next day
it kicks over just fine, pump shot is good, but no spark
so i measured the power at the module and there is none
now, this can be the module or the coil...but i dont know how to measure it (im sure you can)
so, i ordered a new module, and a new coil
then i remembered i saw the voltage meter running a bit on the high side...around 16 at higher RPMs
now, this makes sence, maybe the voltage regulator went out, and the higher voltage fried the ignition module...or the coil
and thus i ordered a new alternator aswell
got the alternator and coil installed yesterday (had to dremel the new coil bracket out that took longer then anything else)
well today, the new module showed up so i installed that, put the cap back, hit the key and...nothing (i mean, it spun, but no spark)
this had me stumped for a minutes and then i got a sneaking suspicion (the kind my dad used to refer to as a dark brown suspicion)
as with most boats, there is a dead man switch on this one as well
it didnt look like it was in the off position, and the lanyard was still attached, but what the heck
i pulled the lanyard off and flipped it to make sure it was in the OFF position, hit the switch again and son of a gun, it spun around
WHY IN THE WORLD, DOES THE STARTER WORK WITH THE KILLSWITCH ENGAGED?
flipped the switch in the ON position, hit the key again, and the bastard fired right up
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