Re: 1963 Evinrude 10 HP running problem

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Steve D


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Just thought I’d give an update on the results. I installed new wires and replaced the one suspect coil with a new Prufex. No change in how it ran. Believing it was still ignition related as some of you mentioned, I replaced the condensers with new ones. And that took care of the problem, no more cutting out.

If I started with the condensers, and just cut back the original wires and re-inserted into the coils, it may have run ok too, but for how long? At this point I felt the wires needed replacing anyway and I wasn’t too sure about the coil either, even though it checked out ok with the meter.

Could the original shorting there near the coil pin and wire, have caused the condenser(s) to crap out?

Anyway, thanks to all for your help and suggestions.