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How do I tell if it's a power pack issue or higher up?
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<blockquote data-quote="Frankenfish" data-source="post: 475518" data-attributes="member: 25701"><p>I have a 1978 9.9hp Johnson that was recently gone through and was running fantastically. I took it out last weekend and it got me out to the fishing spot, but wouldn't start to get me home. Luckily I wasn't too far and had a full trolling motor battery. </p><p></p><p>In diagnosing it, I noticed both plugs were failing to spark. Both sparks going out at the same time make me think it's something higher up. Wouldn't be likely both plugs went out at the same time and also wouldn't be likely both ignition coils quit at once, right? I did hook up an inline spark tester and couldn't get an indication of current.</p><p></p><p>So that leaves it either the Power Pack or the Sensor or Coil on the flywheel, right? Are there other things that could be wrong and how do I go about narrowing it down further from there? Do Power Packs quit all at once? </p><p>My friend is a lawn mower guy and said it sounds like a bad pick-up coil, but I am unsure how that translates into outboard motors and which part that correlates to. </p><p></p><p>Any help would be greatly appreciated! Motor model is 10R78M</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankenfish, post: 475518, member: 25701"] I have a 1978 9.9hp Johnson that was recently gone through and was running fantastically. I took it out last weekend and it got me out to the fishing spot, but wouldn't start to get me home. Luckily I wasn't too far and had a full trolling motor battery. In diagnosing it, I noticed both plugs were failing to spark. Both sparks going out at the same time make me think it's something higher up. Wouldn't be likely both plugs went out at the same time and also wouldn't be likely both ignition coils quit at once, right? I did hook up an inline spark tester and couldn't get an indication of current. So that leaves it either the Power Pack or the Sensor or Coil on the flywheel, right? Are there other things that could be wrong and how do I go about narrowing it down further from there? Do Power Packs quit all at once? My friend is a lawn mower guy and said it sounds like a bad pick-up coil, but I am unsure how that translates into outboard motors and which part that correlates to. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Motor model is 10R78M [/QUOTE]
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