Barn find 525sc Cigarette Topgun
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Barn find 525sc Cigarette Topgun
Hey All,
I found a Cigarette Topgun with 525sc engines that had been sitting in storage for over a decade. I spent the summer going through everything and getting it in good running order.
Both engines ran beautifully and it was ready for an October test run.
I started up the starboard side engine let it warm the oil then shut it down and did an oil change.
After the oil change I went to fire up the engine and it now the engine wont run.
From what I can tell there is no spark going from the coil to the distributor.
What I have done:
1. Bought and installed a new coil
2. Checked for power going to the coil. There is power
3. Bought and installed a new ignition sensor
4. swapped the ignition amplifier and rev limiter from the working motor.
I have power going to the Coil but no spark leaving the coil to the distributor.
I have video proof the boat ran beautifully before the oil change.
I am really hoping I will get to try my boat before winter so any help would be greatly appreciated.
I found a Cigarette Topgun with 525sc engines that had been sitting in storage for over a decade. I spent the summer going through everything and getting it in good running order.
Both engines ran beautifully and it was ready for an October test run.
I started up the starboard side engine let it warm the oil then shut it down and did an oil change.
After the oil change I went to fire up the engine and it now the engine wont run.
From what I can tell there is no spark going from the coil to the distributor.
What I have done:
1. Bought and installed a new coil
2. Checked for power going to the coil. There is power
3. Bought and installed a new ignition sensor
4. swapped the ignition amplifier and rev limiter from the working motor.
I have power going to the Coil but no spark leaving the coil to the distributor.
I have video proof the boat ran beautifully before the oil change.
I am really hoping I will get to try my boat before winter so any help would be greatly appreciated.
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When you crank it over, do you notice the tach fluttering off of zero?
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So when you start it
it turns
buy no effort to fire up, right?
when it ran you had good oil pressure?
reading what you said i assume you would answer yed to the 3 questions but just wanted
to make sure
it turns
buy no effort to fire up, right?
when it ran you had good oil pressure?
reading what you said i assume you would answer yed to the 3 questions but just wanted
to make sure
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Yes it turns over but does not attempt to fire and it did have good oil pressure when running.
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You need 10 posts to attach pictures, just do random post on you thread here, post 6 post 7 and so on till 10
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