Originally posted by tenders
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Hello all! Thanks for replying to this thread. I owe you all an update!
Shortly after my last response to this thread, I had a string of health problems, culminating in a surgery. As a result of health and the associated financial difficulties, last summer my boat sat idle in the boat yard, out of the water.
HOWEVER, I'm determined she will sail this summer!
I spent the entire weekend on the boat last weekend. My put-in date is 5/15, so I don't have much time to get this engine running.
So far, I've commenced troubleshooting this non-starting A4 where I left off. I replaced all sparkplugs and their wires, the coil, the batteries, installed an ignitor electonic ignition system, and a new fuel pump.
I do have a Moyer carb rebuild kit handy if it seems she's not getting fuel for some reason (I'm not that far along yet... no spark to the ignition system beyond the starter, and the fuel pump isn't even getting current yet).
Tried to turn her over yesterday, and...
The starter engages (with vigor! yay!), but the engine does not fire up.
Upon further examination, it seems as though no power is getting to my coil or distributor, thus no spark. Also, the fuel pump does not turn on when I turn the key over (although other various things work, like the blower, lights, bilge pumps, etc).
Tonight, after work, I'm going to go trace the wires from the battery up to the coil and see if anything is awry. Maybe a blown fuse or something?
To make matters worse, yesterday I did notice that all the wire colors are wrong, as though the previous owner(s) used whatever wire was at hand to cobble the thing together. For example, the wire grounding the electrics to one of the engine bolts is Red, not black as it should be! I sincerely hope they didn't wire the entire shootin match backwards, or I may have inadvertently wired up my batteries backwards and fried some alternator diodes (or worse).
Wish me luck. I'll report back tomorrow with my findings.
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