1974 Mercury 850

duke21482

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Hello, New here
I have a 1974 mercury 850 thunderbolt that was running good but had some bad wires on the internal harness, can anyone help me on wiring up a new harness it seem I cant get any spark to the plugs now...
 

duke21482

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Re: 1974 Mercury 850

serial # 3619626, Everything else is working great, starter electric choke etc/ spark
 

Chris1956

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Re: 1974 Mercury 850

I presume that motor has distributor ignition? If so, the white wire supplies voltage to the switchbox whenever the ign switch is set to start or run. The red wire is always hot. CDIElectronics has a troubleshooting procedure for your ignition.
 

duke21482

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Re: 1974 Mercury 850

I will give it a shot, also I have a mercury 800 1971 model with a brand new stator do you think it will fit?
 

kevkent

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Re: 1974 Mercury 850

Thanks for the help, everything is running great.....

hi i am having the same issue what did you do to fix it any help would be greatly appr. i have the exact same issues every thing else is working just no spark and internal harness is replaced
 
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