Re: Spark Plug Wires
Many inboards use different distributors than the equivilent automotove engine, so the connectors my be a different size or style. The following is the Federal Code concerning marine plug wires.<br /><br />[Code of Federal Regulations]<br />[Title 33, Volume 2]<br />[Revised as of July 1, 2001]<br />From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access<br />[CITE: 33CFR183.440]<br /><br />[Page 776]<br /> <br /> TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS<br /> <br /> CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)<br /> <br />PART 183--BOATS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT--Table of Contents<br /> <br /> Subpart I--Electrical Systems<br /> <br />Sec. 183.440 Secondary circuits of ignition systems.<br /><br /> (a) Each conductor in a secondary circuit of an ignition system must <br />meet SAE Standard J557.<br /> (b) The connection of each ignition conductor to a spark plug, coil, <br />or distributor must have a tight fitting cap, boot, or nipple.<br /><br />[CGD 73-217, 42 FR 5944, Jan. 31, 1977, as amended by USCG-1999-5832, 64 <br />FR 34716, June 29, 1999]
