82 searay 260 mercruiser having problem with coil and distributor getting fire

endurance

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hi Guys any help on this one would be greatly appreciated. the skinny no fire from coil. however when key is on run position with a wire attached to a ground and touching off and on the terminal Green and white on back of distributor,the coils fire. this motor is the 260 mercruiser with thunderbolt ignition on an 82 searay:confused: any way to get this functioning again
would be great open to all suggestions thanks so much endurance
 

Nijkampr

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Re: 82 searay 260 mercruiser having problem with coil and distributor getting fire

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Re: 82 searay 260 mercruiser having problem with coil and distributor getting fire

Run it through this troubleshhoting process and see what comes out
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