Anybody good with merc's?

[cterrebonne]

Originally Posted by Stevie g

bad news guys i just switched both boxes around and i'm still getting no spark on the starboard. so now i eliminated the idea of a bad switch box what should be next on my trouble shooting?

boxes sounds good, still sounds like the stator. it probably isnt the trigger because that usually would give you two dead cyl, one on each bank. and if you still want to be sure bring it to a shop and tell them you want them to put their meter on the yellow wires tell you what they find. they probably wont charge more than 50 dollars.

[Stevie g]

bigshrimp, im going to try this in that link you sent me

No fire on the 1,3,5 or 2,4,6: Swap red and red/white wires, also blue with blue/white wires. If the problem moves to the other set of cylinders, the stator is at fault. Disconnect rectifier and retest. If the engine fires normally, replace the rectifier. If no change, we recommend replacement of the stator. If you replace the stator and the problem remains try another flywheel, if possible.

I'm a bit confused. does this mean i leave the whites and black/yellow stripe alone on both switchboxes. and switch the reds and blues between the 2 switchboxes?

If thats what there telling me to do it seems easy enough. i just want to make sure 1st. thanks again.

[cterrebonne]

sounds right, what they want you to do is swap the leads comming from the stator around from one side to another.

[Stevie g]

i switched the leads from the stator on the switch boxes now the starboard has the spark and the port doesnt. following that website i disconnected the rectifier. taped off the wires going into it and rechecked everything. one bank of cylinders still isn't getting spark, so now i believe it has to be the stator. bigshrimp i'm interested in buying one off you depending on how hard it is to replace myself.

[cterrebonne]

it isnt hard but you need the special flywheel removal tool.

[Stevie g]

I was reading around the internet and i read that it can be done with a harmonic balancer puller tool?If so i can rent one of those at autozone.

-does anybody have any insight on removing the stator? i'm probably going to try getting to it tomorrow evening.

[THEFERMANATOR]

A harmonic balancer puller will do it, but you may have to buy some bolts to do it. Most auto balancers use a course thread for the puller bolt holes, and IIRC the MERCS bolts are fine thread. Once the flywheel is off there isn't much left to do, 4 bolts and a few wires and it's off.