Yes, otherwise your going to use a different ignition
Yes, TB, Delco EST, MSD, DUI or old school points
Yes, if you connected the Negative side of the coil to the pick up, its fried
I would suggest buying a Delco EST ignition
Did find as the bottle fills the plastic bottle gets soft because of the hot lube. Once it cools back down it stiffens up again. I like the bottle because it can tell if the drive is leaking, but could make a better one easy enough. The switch is nice but for the most part not necessary for a...
Only have done the annual maintenance. The valve is still attached and the small tip remains visual on top. I did take the old off and clean under it thinking maybe there was a small something under it. Reinstalled and tried again, and it build and leak again.
My Rinker is 26 years old and the drive lube bottle started leaking lube. I tell others that its the drive lube cap but never had the actual problem, and this time got to test. Bought new bottle and just put the new cap on the old bottle. All good no bubble up or leaking.
The old cap valve...
Most likely its the O ring seal between the upper and lower. The seal was pinched or left out
https://www.mercruiserparts.com/bam/subassembly/30967/1943/220
OK, the drive is installed and you assume its leaking from the water inlet, or you removed the drive and verified its leak from the water inlet?
If this is an assumption, then I would think the leak is in the shift shaft
Always glad to see you comment, your the expert with vp. We all make mistakes and with your current record your hardly ever wrong. All good from my view
I'm sure there can be a good reason but would have to hear it, otherwise there is other things
I've been looking around myself, just to see if I can find something that will work better. The one thing I won't do (as of this date) is get anything with CATs
