outboard no spark

[Tim Fisher]

I just pickup my first river boat. It has a Force 9.9hp outboard. I took
it to the river and no go!!....I seems to be getting plenty of
fuel....pulled the plugs it was flooded cleaned them real good there fairly
new plugs. Checked for spark and it doesn't appear to be any. Its real
real clean under the cover all wires intact, great grounds, clean good
connections. Where do I check what do I do?


Tim Fisher

[Tom G]

Post by Tim Fisher
I just pickup my first river boat. It has a Force 9.9hp outboard. I took
it to the river and no go!!....I seems to be getting plenty of
fuel....pulled the plugs it was flooded cleaned them real good there fairly
new plugs. Checked for spark and it doesn't appear to be any. Its real
real clean under the cover all wires intact, great grounds, clean good
connections. Where do I check what do I do?
Tim Fisher

Does this motor have a safety kill switch. My Sears, same motor, has a kill
switch and the safety kill switch with cord to attach to your arm, sleeve,
whatever so engine kills if you're accidently thrown overboard. If cord is
missing, engine won't run.

Tom G.

[Tim Fisher]

Thanks for your reply!! I took the whole motor apart and cleaned absolutely
everything internally and externally. The motor was NOT corroded at all but
I still went through the motions. I put it all back together...new plugs
safety switches all correct...and still nothing. After of literally about
and hour staring and touching everything I realized the throttle didn't feel
right when it was on the start indicator so I slowly turned in counter clock
wise until it caught in a groove....and pulled the cord...PUFF PUFF smoke,
where there is smoke there is fire!!! 2 more pulls and it fired
off!!!!!...I grabbed a garbage can filled it with water dropped it in the
can and ran it for about 5 minutes. It smoked terribly but ran great!
Apparently the throttle jumped a tooth on the gear.

I appreciate you responding I was lost for quite awhile.

Tim Fisher

Post by Tom G

Post by Tim Fisher
I just pickup my first river boat. It has a Force 9.9hp outboard. I took
it to the river and no go!!....I seems to be getting plenty of
fuel....pulled the plugs it was flooded cleaned them real good there
fairly new plugs. Checked for spark and it doesn't appear to be any. Its
real real clean under the cover all wires intact, great grounds, clean
good connections. Where do I check what do I do?
Tim Fisher

Does this motor have a safety kill switch. My Sears, same motor, has a
kill switch and the safety kill switch with cord to attach to your arm,
sleeve, whatever so engine kills if you're accidently thrown overboard.
If cord is missing, engine won't run.
Tom G.

[Tom G]

Post by Tim Fisher
Thanks for your reply!! I took the whole motor apart and cleaned
absolutely everything internally and externally. The motor was NOT
corroded at all but I still went through the motions. I put it all back
together...new plugs safety switches all correct...and still nothing.
After of literally about and hour staring and touching everything I
realized the throttle didn't feel right when it was on the start indicator
so I slowly turned in counter clock wise until it caught in a
groove....and pulled the cord...PUFF PUFF smoke, where there is smoke
there is fire!!! 2 more pulls and it fired off!!!!!...I grabbed a garbage
can filled it with water dropped it in the can and ran it for about 5
minutes. It smoked terribly but ran great! Apparently the throttle jumped
a tooth on the gear.
I appreciate you responding I was lost for quite awhile.
Tim Fisher

Your welcome, and glad to hear your problem is solved.

Tom G.