In article , alarmdude9
@gmail.com says...
I bought a 1976 McKee craft cat cay with a 70hp Johnson outboard. The
problem I am having is that after the boat runs for an hour or so and
I idle for a few mins it will die and refuse to start for about a half
hour and then today I put into the water and it would not start. Had
plenty of battery to turn the moter over and new fuel mix but it would
not start, can anyone point me in the right direction?


Thanks in adance
Bill




An engine needs three things to come together in the cylinder to run.
Air, Fuel, Spark.

First thing to do is to see if the cylinder is really getting the three.

If all those are present in the cylinder you can move on to things like
compression and timing, but, until you verify you have the right
ingredient for ignition there isn't much sense in going further.

The above is, of course, assuming the engine is actually turning over
when cranked, it is out of gear, and it has received the lubrication
needed when it was running.


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Mike G.
Heirloom Woods

www.heirloom-woods.net