Can enhancers be repaired?

[tipafew]

I have an MSD enhancer I pulled out of my boat a couple of years ago. I got water in the e-box and had issues. I dried it out and cleaned up all the connections. I put the msd back in and the boat would run totally fine for about 5 minutes then start to miss and quit.
I pulled the enhancer out and have been running my stock modified since then.

Is there any fixing it or is it total trash?

Chad

 

[Matt_E]

You cannot fix anything internal to the Enhancer.
But what you describe sounds more like a stator problem. The stock CDI seems more forgiving with out-of-spec stators.

 

[Scraggly]

here is a thread that helped me

http://x-h2o.com/showthread.php?t=29666&highlight=broken+msd

thank kennay for finding that one for me

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

I totally agree with what Matt_E said there.

if the enhancer works at all, it is probably OK.

You will kill it running it with the weak or diminished stator output though.

I killed one enhancer by letting it sit in a E box full of water over the whole winter.

 

[tipafew]

The only reason I question that a little is that it happened to act up when there was water in the e-box.

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

water in the E box likely was problematic with the AC voltage signals the enhancer needs from the stator.

 

[tipafew]

I do have my motor torn down right now so it is a good time to look at the stator really close.
One thing I noticed when I pulled it apart.......There were a couple spots on my Accel flywheel that looked like they had actually rubbed on the pick ups. I looked closer and it looks like the flywheel has swelled a little. Almost like something inside it has rusted and expanded.
From what I can tell the Accel flywheel looks just like Jetinetics.
I have been running it for a long time, but this made me raise an eyebrow.

Chad

 

[tipafew]

Yeah, I figured the water was causing the irratic spark. It almost acted like the key had sheered on the flywheel. It was just jerking big time.

I had hoped after I cleaned it out and dried things off that it would be okay.

 

[monsterSJ]

suck it up and buy new : ) LOL j/k

 

[parrdaddy]

Check the wire that leads to the trigger pickup very closely :wave: