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  1. sockpatty

    Pertronix coil question

    My question is on the voltage going into the coil and whether or not I'm too run another wire. The coil is the flame thrower2 0.6 ohm part#45011. with ignition on I have 12volts on the wires that go to the positive terminal. From what I read,that is good. But since the the internet has either...
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    Carb manufacturer

    I'm double checking my carb rebuild and see my float bowl gasket doesn't look the same as the old. All the holes line up but there just a little bit less paper on the new one that goes under the float. She I bought the kit I used the numbers on the tag of my carb and it came up...
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    Points and dwell setting

    So I went out and bought me a actron multimeter with dwell and tach so I could do my own points in the future. I had them set by my buddy but the boat still ran like crap. So I put the dwell on it and it said 25. The book says it should be between 28 and 34. So I checked the point gap and it...
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    Can't get her started

    Ok I'm gonna start with what I have done already to get me where I'm at now. 88 donzi,mercruiser 3.0l . New battery,New starter,New plugs,New wires,New cap,points,condenser. Point set at 22. I had timing ANF compression checked,Good. So I could get the boat after cranking it forever but at...
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    Pre alpha compat

    I bought a 88 donzi with a mercruiser 3.0 over the weekend. It looks great. Only thing is that the outdrive for it is toast. The guy said it's a alpha 1 gen 1. I can't find any serial numbers on it so I'm gonna take his word on it. I have a 76 pre alpha outdrive from my other boat and was...
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    Wood rotted,new boat

    The wood for my motor mounts rotted. Bought the boat last year around this time. It has a 1976 120 mercruiser in it. The engine is out and I was looking on Craigslist for boats with blown engines when I came across a beautiful four wins with a cracked block. I don't know much about engine...
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    broken something

    could some one tell me what this thing is in the picture? its broke, how much do you think it will cost? 1961 40hp johnson 2 cyl 2 stroke<br />
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