no, i didnt. from what i read, that tool screws onto the outer shaft and you use a bolt through the center of the tool to tighten against the inner shaft which pulls the outer shaft and carrier from the case. no?
so last summer i was visiting a friend down south and helped him with doing his transom rebuild.. we installed a greaseless gimble bearing on a v/p sx assy. the reason being that the gimbal housing was taking on water leaking from where the grease fitting tube meets the housing . the tube was...
this should help with your troubleshooting. as for the wires to the distributor, follow them from the dist to the ignition module, mounted on the riser. chances are the ignition switch, inside the distributor has gone bad, more likely than the module itself.