Good afternoon. It’s been a while because I haven’t driven the old boat. Planned to take her out this summer so I took the boat to a new place in the nearby town for the water impeller replacement.
I brought it home in about 2 weeks. Put the water hose on it preparing to crank it but the...
Wow, I don’t drive mine often and I filed the points.
the gas tank is under the mid cabin sleeping area. I don’t think the filter would need to be there either. I realize your referring to the possibility of leakage? There is a gas water separator filter in line also.
Update, I did as suggested and replaced the points. She cranked up 1st turn with no hesitation!
Thanks to the Forum help!
By the way. The 2 st lady that I asked for points just looked me funny like😆
Just thought I’d rule out having to deal with them. Plugs don’t fire. Going to pickup a set of points now and see if that helps. Tha points lock down screw or the plate stripped out so I can’t tighten them down. Frustrating!
Good afternoon,
I'm thinking I should just replace my points ignition with an electric one and keep the distributor. Looking for advice on which one to buy, cheap is best for me.
It's a 170 Mercruiser with A175-65 printed on the breather if that helps.
Thanks
That’s a yellow red not solid yellow.
I’m looking at the cutoff switch now. Not sure how to test it? I found a lose wire attached to the underside, color is dark possibly purple. I have the crew driver on it in the picture.
I’m looking for something I overlooked. I understand that with the ignition switch on I should have 12 V at the starter solenoid that the purple wire on the coil goes to. I only see a yellow wire on that solenoid terminal. It does not have 12 volts.
My be I can find a picture of the solenoid...
