fairshopperguy27
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Aug 22, 2012
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- 127
Bought a 1995 mercruiser 4.3 balanced shaft project engine or what I thought was a mercruiser engine but turns out it's a automotive block that was swapped in at some point because it still has sensor on the side of the head, oil drain plug off to the side, It was a real mess of an engine, cracked manifolds, rats nest wiring, all has since been fixed. My big problem is I can't set the distributor in and time it because when they swapped the block they didn't give it the merc timing cover they just bent the timing tab up and put on the merc 6.750" balancer. I've tried setting the distributor in and timing it using the TDC mark on the balancer with the TDC tab on the cover but I'm off. Only starts if I turn the distributor to retard the timing. And idles way high and a bit rough. I've tried looking for a used timing cover PN 855400, but they are hard to find. Any help on how to time it would be appreciated.