Hi, new member with a problem

[cpdeeley]

Hi,
My name is Chris Deeley, I have recently purchased a C&C 27 MII with an atomic 4. The boat was layed up in Toronto for five years in its cradle and uncovered. Remarkably, the boat is in fine shape, or at least the sailing part of it is. The Atomic 4 is so close to working I can taste it.

Here are the particulars: Rebuilt carb, Dismantled and cleaned fuel pump, dismantled and inspected intake impeller, flushed cooling system, two new batteries, new condenser, new coil, new points, fairly new plugs and distributor cap, new rotor.

I always Knew that as I replaced certain failed or failing parts I was always going to return to the one problem I was avoiding when I first tried the engine, no spark from the coil.

Heres the kicker, as my friend and I press the start button with the ignition switch on there is no spark . If you stop pressing the start button and flick the ignition switch in and out you get a spark. I assumed it might be the ignition switch was the problem. So we first bypassed the solenoid and then dismantled the switch to inspect. Bypassing and the dismantling of the switch proved all was in order. I guess I have some kind of short?

By the way, I accidentally purchased 2 older carb gaskets from moyer marine, 1is spoken for, the other is available to whomever is in need of one. I will mail it to the first reply on this site. I would only ask that Moyer Marine be compensated 50% ($2.50) in lieu of providing this forum. A gem of information

Thanks Chris