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Does the battery have a full charge? The motor needs to spin at 300rpm. Are all of the grounds good? Including the one going to the power pack. Are al of the coils good? I would start by doing a compression test and then try to see if any of the cylenders have spark and jump a 7/16 inch gap. It could be as simple as a missing ground or the power pack or coils could be bad. The stator or timer base could also be bad, but I would suspect the others first. Don't forget the kill switch either, make sure it is connected and working properly.
When your boat's engine won't turn over you may need to jump start the boat battery. Jump starting a boat battery is actually much easier than you might imagine and is very similar to jump starting your car.
Connect the terminals of the boat battery and jump battery together, but make sure you connect positive to positive and negative to negative.
Before you jump start your boat you need to make sure that every single electrical appliance on your boat is switched off. more
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