Thanks for the suggestion.

How do I confirm that one even exists?

It is a 1987 19 foot Rinker cuddy.

"TSC" wrote in message
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Thanks for the suggestion.

How do I confirm that one even exists?

It is a 1987 19 foot Rinker cuddy.


Pull the main wiring harness plug and clean, use some di-eclectic grease.
That one plug will cause a Merc to either quit or not start. Also, check the
ground from the battery to the engine. Good luck, Dan

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"TSC" wrote in message
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Also, check the ground from the battery to the engine.

He said it "cranks and cranks forever" - Hehe, can't do that
with a bad battery to engine block connection.

Have him check the "interupter switch" on the shifter cable.

I think you just did confirm that it doesn't exist on your boat. There would
be a cord that must be snapped into a receptacle on the dash or shift
module, and the other end is attached to your wrist. Another odd thing that
could short out your ignition is a shorted tachometer. You could prove that
out by removing the gray tach lead from the coil. When you changed the
points there should have been a little piece of paper in the kit. That is
used to clean off any film that might be on the contact points. Use a dwell
meter to set the point gap and you probably won't need to set the timing.
Another simple trick is to run a jumper from + on the battery to + on the
coil. If it starts you need to trace back toward the ignition switch, which
could also be the problem. In order to get to this problem, you need to
abandon this easter egg hunt and do some systematic troubleshooting. Finding
out weather there is 12V on the coil is a good starting point.
I suggest that you keep all of the tips you have received in this thread.
They might prove useful when you start troubleshooting.
Jim
"TSC" wrote in message
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Thanks for the suggestion.

How do I confirm that one even exists?

It is a 1987 19 foot Rinker cuddy.