kirayotaka
Cadet
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ok guys i put this heap back together (mercruiser 4.3 alpha one with thunderbolt iv) and fired it up to make sure its still ok. it hard starts untill i time it (6* btdc) now it idles fine, but its arcing from the coil wire to the metal bolts on the coil and at around 1100 rpm it starts running rough, i get some sort of sucking/ "shuuuuuuuuuuuuuusssshhh" sound from the carb and it starts sputtering. any faster and it backfires and bucks like crazy. i checked the plug wires to make sure they are installed to the matching plugs.
did i somehow mess up the installation of the distributor? how would i know its correct?
ok guys i put this heap back together (mercruiser 4.3 alpha one with thunderbolt iv) and fired it up to make sure its still ok. it hard starts untill i time it (6* btdc) now it idles fine, but its arcing from the coil wire to the metal bolts on the coil and at around 1100 rpm it starts running rough, i get some sort of sucking/ "shuuuuuuuuuuuuuusssshhh" sound from the carb and it starts sputtering. any faster and it backfires and bucks like crazy. i checked the plug wires to make sure they are installed to the matching plugs.
did i somehow mess up the installation of the distributor? how would i know its correct?
