teletekman
Cadet
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Hi,
So I have a 1973 Mercury 1500 Tower of Power that I didn't realize till after I bought it and got it installed on my Ranger Bass boat that my ignition components are off of either a '65 or '66 Mercury possibly an 1100. This motor from what I understand should have a power pack, single large coil & distributor made for that setup. However, mine was purchased with two automotive size coils, no power pack and the distributor for that setup. I am not sure the reason why this was switched over either.
So my question is this, even though I don't have the right setup for that year power head, will I be ok with that ignition setup or am I asking for trouble? I know since this power head requires Permagap's, I will at least have to change back to the L82C style plugs that is required for the mid sixties models. It fires right up as it is but have never really put it under any type of load yet. To replace the parts to get it right for the year and size range I am looking at almost a $1000 that I really don't want to spend right now if I don't have to. I bought it like this and unfortunately learned after the fact what I really had. Everything else on this motor seems ok including compression at about 120 per cylinder.
I'll include pictures in a while once it stops raining outside. Please let me know if I need to calrify anything I have described here.
Thanks in advance for helping out this newbie.
Sean
Madera, CA
So I have a 1973 Mercury 1500 Tower of Power that I didn't realize till after I bought it and got it installed on my Ranger Bass boat that my ignition components are off of either a '65 or '66 Mercury possibly an 1100. This motor from what I understand should have a power pack, single large coil & distributor made for that setup. However, mine was purchased with two automotive size coils, no power pack and the distributor for that setup. I am not sure the reason why this was switched over either.
So my question is this, even though I don't have the right setup for that year power head, will I be ok with that ignition setup or am I asking for trouble? I know since this power head requires Permagap's, I will at least have to change back to the L82C style plugs that is required for the mid sixties models. It fires right up as it is but have never really put it under any type of load yet. To replace the parts to get it right for the year and size range I am looking at almost a $1000 that I really don't want to spend right now if I don't have to. I bought it like this and unfortunately learned after the fact what I really had. Everything else on this motor seems ok including compression at about 120 per cylinder.
I'll include pictures in a while once it stops raining outside. Please let me know if I need to calrify anything I have described here.
Thanks in advance for helping out this newbie.
Sean
Madera, CA