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Re: Mercruiser 165 4 cylinder Distributor issue
the only difference i see on both of these is one is red and one is black. if its by color the one i have is black. also on the side of the distributor i have a # on it which is "1111 400 7f17
sae marine"
Ok so i have a Mercruiser 165 4 cylinder that i worked alot on last summer. The last time i took it out i heard a pop and the motor wouldnt run anymore. I took the boat to a mechanic and he told me good news its only a distributor. i would have to replace the distributor on the boat. So i went...
long story short. I removed the head out of the engine because of a broken spark plug. got everything back together. put in fluids again. then i took the boat out yesterday it seemed to run fine however i started to notice that the temp gauge was risiing. I wasnt sure if it was a bad gauge or if...
I took out the carburator, Air manifold, Exaust Manifold, expansion tank for anti-freeze with care. Then with a 1inch wrench i removed the bolts from the head and managed to get the head out. Once the head was out I used a Punch tool and hammer and hammered the ezout after about 4 wacks. Once...
I just bought an older boat with a mercruiser 165 4 cyl engine. I was tuning it up changing all spark plugs when i got to the last one it snapped off leaving the threads still in the head of the motor. I then tried using an easy out tool and snapped that while trying to take out the threaded...
