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    hot Coil

    Depends on battery ground. Neg ground battery = NEG coil terminal to distributor. As I said earlier if it is getting hot, it is miswired, or bad ignition switch, something of that nature.
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    1978 35hp fuel problems

    Very good! "Endeavor to persevere"
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    hot Coil

    Uh WHUT?? "hot after sitting not running for a day" If so it's very simple. Something is mis wired or defective causing the coil to get power when not running. A non resistor coil and points ignition is incredibly simple............Battery ------wiring to key switch-----to...
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    Building a wake boat.

    I would love to see wake boats summarily outlawed, unless say, "open sea." Or maybe way out in the "Great Lakes." We had a guy up here on the river BOUNCED OFF HIS DOCK and broke his leg because of one
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    Craigslist scammers ? or am I being paranoid?

    Asking "is this available" is a SURE FIRE WAY to get a seller thinking YOU ARE A SCAMMER!!! Ask something else. "He'll" tell you if it's sold!!! I've had some minor problems, only one was outright scary. I carry, by the way. ALWAYS. Engine listed for sale in the Spokane...
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    Dual battery switch and isolator

    I am not a fan AT ALL of solid state "isolators." These are nothing more than 2 diodes on a heat sink, and diodes can fail. What happens? Let's say you have an RV, with one of these. The VR sense wire goes to the main battery, the isolator feeds both the main and RV...
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    Johnson vs merc vs Chrysler?

    I was laughing. You guys had me pegged as "petty officer 3rd" but I was PO2. NAS Miramar, N of San Diego before the Marines got ahold of it, I was in 68-74, at Miramar (extended) 70-74. I maintained GCA (ground controlled approach) RADAR and TACAN. Back then that was a...
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    Alternator Question - Only +13V when Moving

    How old is/ are the battery(s) is there a chance they are down, and have you tried charging them? If you have a big enough battery(s) and they are down, the thing may take awhile to bring up the battery voltage. Depending on the corrosion/ etc of connections/ terminals...
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    Johnson vs merc vs Chrysler?

    I am biased, but ^^THIS^^ PO3 LOLOL I was ETR2 when I left NAS Miramar in 1974 after 6 years in the Navy
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    TAS 12b ignition coil

    Generally, you cannot reliably measure coil primary resistance with the average multimeter. Even Fluke get pretty "iffy" down in the low ranges. Also regardless of what you see on the internet, you can NOT reliably test a coil with a multimeter, either for good or bad, with the...
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    1968 Evinrude 9.5 over heating

    That is a blanket statement and not always true. I'm sure you meant this in the context of this thread, but that is not what you said. It is common to use a "light" sealer such as copper coat or even aluminum paint on metal shim head gaskets such as used in some automotive engines...
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    184 MA draw on main battery cable

    Maybe I'm stating the obvious -- have you isolated it? Pull fuses until the drain goes away, and if that does not kill it, look for whatever is full time connected. Even alternators can leak (diodes usually) Dirty water might cause a leak that big AKA minerals, salt, whatever...
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    1998 Johnson 90HP (J90TSLECM) voltage too high!!!

    Just an offhand comment. So far as I know the only way to "regulate" these kinds of charging systems originally, is with what is called a shunt regulator. All they do is create a heavy load across the output to drag down the output. The "engineers" who designed these...
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    Was running now will not turn over DISTRIBUTOR, TIMING, #1 on CAP & PLUG WIRE LOCATIONS

    STICK A FINGER INTO THE PLUG HOLE Feel for compression
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    Doing some research on adding tilt trim

    As I'm old, and "mess around" with old outboards, different ones, I ended up springing for a CMC 130hp rated tilt/ trim unit. I am NOT IMPRESSED for a number of reasons 1..."Let's say" that you have any bolt on outboard pretty much properly installed on your boat. When you...
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    Need some Help

    I'm no help, but I have two old Easy Loaders (made locally in the Spokane area) and NObody has found even a hint of VIN or any other label or stamping on those trailers. I've had both overhead on my lift when I was moving the rear axles, etc. All I can say is get under...
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    1989 OMC Ford 2.3L finding cylinder #1 on Mallory (YS621CV) Distributor Cap

    I have no advice on plugs, as they have turned into a "zoo." In my day I used Champion or AC. So far as a condenser, if you cannot find an original Mallory, just try to find one that you can mount. It can even be mounted externally so long as it's electrically and mechanically...
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    Is it a 283 or 307 ?

    307 is not a 'shorter stroke crank.' I used to know some of the Chev combos back in the day. 302/ (Z28), 327, 350 are all 4" bore blocks. 302 is the old 265/283 stroke crank. 307/ 327 are a bit more stroke, 350 is longer stroke yet. A 307 is essentially a 283 bore block...
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    1989 5.7 350 Mercruiser ignition replacement help - possible upgrade to DUI unit

    Another thing that can ruin a rotor is "spark punch through" and other spark damage, caused by open plug wires, poor/ damaged plug connectors and even defective plugs and in cases where internal engine problems such as leaking valves cause an extreme lean condition.This causes...
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    70s Chrysler 16hp outboard funny runner

    My first thought is carb gummed up and way out of adjustment. Personally, on any "new" (ley acquired) engine, a thorough tune up and compression / leak down check is adviseable.
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