Re: 1988 merc 3.0l ignition / spark help
UPDATE!!!!!!!
First of all id like to say thanks to all that replied and help out......
OK so after checking everything the last thing i did was cut into the wire harness to check for a short. I metered all the wires from the quick disconnect all the way to the coil, dist, alt, carb, and the shift cutoff switch. everything checked out fine... still stumped... Ok ive been working on cars motoecycles and enthing that has a motor... i know its something silpme i can feel it . Im over looking something , so i start back at the begining, the dist. ok i pull off the cap and something just dont look right. I reach over and grab my tablet to quickly scan the internet i look up the sierra electronic ign part just to make sure i ordered the right part number.... yup right part number. then while looking at the pic i see something.......... hmmm..... how come there are more parts pictured than what came in the parts box that showed up... after a quick inventory i noticed im missing the pickup coller that goes around the dist shaft. couls it be that simple...YES it could.. When i opened the package of new parts i noticed right away there were 2 nuts missing but dismissed it because i have plenty extra nuts in the old toolbox well i totally missed the other parts that were missing. I promptly called iboats and explaind that my new parts had been delivered missing sum parts. I could not of asked for better customer care they right away sent me out a new replacement part. 2 days later fedex shows up with the new parts and sure enough there was a collar in the box along with all the right parts. I put on the pickup coller reconnected the dist cap and went to turn on the key......VEROOOMMMM it started right up.
ONCE again id like to thank all who replied you helped me get to know my engine really well, all the infor was HIGHLY APPREACIATED.
Thanks Andreas
