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    Installed Pertronix ignitor. Now rough idle

    I bought the boat this spring. It's the 2.5l. It ran great the first few times then developed the no spark issue. The points looked ok but I changed them, the condenser, the spark plugs, plug wires, distributer cap and rotor. Still no spark. So I swapped the coil out. Still no luck. I installed...
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    Installed Pertronix ignitor. Now rough idle

    I forgot to add that I disconnected and capped the resistor wire and tucked under just in case I ever need again
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    Installed Pertronix ignitor. Now rough idle

    This leads me to ask another dumb question. I bought a timing light, hooked the inductor onto the #1 spark plug wire. When I looked at the timing pointer with the timing light on the crank pulley the only mark I could see was on the outer lip of the pulley. Is that where the mark should be? I've...
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    Installed Pertronix ignitor. Now rough idle

    Hello, I have been reading threads here for the past year and have learned a lot. I finally decided it was time to register. I have a 1983 Mercruiser 120. After dealing with a no spark issue that I could not figure out despite installing new plugs, distributor cap and rotor, wires, points and...
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