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Old Slickcraft. Ford 302 V8. 188 hp. Was looking at the distributor to change the old points and condense to electronic ignition with a pertronix conversion. While trying to take a peek under the distributor cap, I couldn't see any advance mechanisms. The point plate is nothing but rust covered...
My grandson has a 1972 Slickcraft, 188(302). Runs great for a while. Then out of the clear blue sky, it will pop, studder and carry on. Sometimes it just quits. Removed engine cover for a few minutes, sometime it runs great again, and then not so great. We are going to convert to pointless...
My grandson has a 1972 19' Slickcraft boat with a 188 hp 302 Ford engine. Had it on the lake running smooth then it just quit. The engine runs fine but the prop quit turning. Now out of the water, checking finds starting the engine and moving shift/throttle fwd engine revs but no shaft turning...
New to the forum. Found it searching for info. About to convert grandsons 302/2bbl in his boat, to electronic pickup conversion from points to magnet pickup. It will more than likely change the timing. Does anyone have any idea on tune up specs for this engine. Any and all information will be...
