cranked my motor up today and it was only firing on one cylinder. went ahead and changed both spark plugs but it was still only firing on the one cylinder it was firing on before i changed the spark plugs...any suggestions?

Pull your valve cover off. Sounds like you dropped a push rod. Just got to put it back in. If it's damaged they only cost $8 to replace. If your push rods are still in place, turn it over with the kill switch pulled and watch your valves. If a valve is not opening all the way that could indicated a cam lobe failure.

the side that is not firing is not getting any fire to the plug

Did you touch the plug wire to your tongue and turn the motor over? How did you determine you are not getting fire?

i just got it out of the shop because my igniton key wires had come out and touched and it fried a few wires. could that have caused it and the mechanic looked over that?

i put the spark plug from the side that is firing on the side that isnt and still no fire. the mechanic changed my regulator, altenator, wiring harness and key switch. would rather not bring it back to him and get it running right my self just dont know what could be wrong.

Like Clay said, sounds like diodes. Take the shroud off & expose the coils. There's a wire has forks off& goes to each coil. Unplug them & crank the motor.

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You WILL NOT be able to shut off the motor using the key or kill switch with them unplugged. If you have a Mikuni, simply remove the air filter & put your hand over the air intake to smother it. That will shut it off.

Another option would be to cut the wire before the fork. That would allow you to turn the key off & touch the wire together to shut off motor.

If the diodes are bad, the engine will run normal with them disconnected. Boat Dr has the wire harness with the diodes for about $25 if I recall correctly.

so this would be a fairly simple fix with out having to bring it to the mechanic? could the coil pack possibly be bad?

Could possibly be a bad coil, but you will need to eliminate the diodes before replacing the coil. Either way, they are both VERY SIMPLE repairs.

I appreciate that Cody. That's what I always thought too, but was told otherwise by a certain someone I won't mention. Personally, I always pulled my wires to check em.

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it was a loose wire connection to the coil. thanks for the help fellas

Man, that's the best kind of fix there is, a FREE one. Glad you got it fixed up.

haha you got that right.