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hey guys, hope someone can help figure something out on this, its a long story but basically i bought a 92 nissan 15hp for a kicker, it had been sitting for a while, couple of years, but had good compression and was a good price. got it home and cleaned carb. was getting a weak intermittant spark, then no spark. so replaced cd box coil and spark plugs, cleaned grounds, and still nothing. getting power from exciter coil and trigger coil, can tell with old cd by putting a test light to the coil lead, but soon as i hook it to the coil, nothing. new cd has coil built in. not sure where to go from here. its an electric start ns15b2. appreciate any suggestions here. im about ready to cut my losses and use it as an anchor.
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Does that thing have a kill/stop button? If so disconnect it and see if it improves.
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Unread 11-11-2011, 02:48 PM
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i did, it is disconnected, i have also pulled the flywheel cleaned grounds under it and checked magnets. no improvement. could itbe an overgrounding issue, or a short in the starting/charging system causing a problem. the only thing shared between the systems is ground. parts for this thing are extremely difficult and expensive to get, and cant locate the coils. is it possible to substitute the stator coil for the exciter coil? to test
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I'm sorry, I've got no better suggestion due to my lack of experience with Nissan.
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Unread 11-13-2011, 10:40 AM
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Is there a way i can test the output of the exciter and trigger coils? the resistances check out, but dont know how to test output. have no issue buying tools as long as it isnt some special brand specific thing that only works with a select group of motors. i would really like to get this thing running halfway decent. the main motor is a 78 johnson 175, its never left me stranded, but like the extra security of having something to get me back to dock. not to mention its striper season and the johnson is awfully thirsty to do much trolling.
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ok update, got spark, was a brand new bad spark plug causing all the problems, swapped in another new one and shocked the crap outta myself. started motor, tries to run counterclockwise, backwards. is that a timing issue? or is there something else i should try
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