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  1. glennj3

    1985 Mercruiser 175 shifter problem

    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...
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    Looking to replace the points with an electric ignition

    I did file these & they looked good. They don’t ride often but are about 4 years old.
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    Looking to replace the points with an electric ignition

    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.
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    Looking to replace the points with an electric ignition

    First run of the year!
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    Looking to replace the points with an electric ignition

    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😆
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    Looking to replace the points with an electric ignition

    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!
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    Looking to replace the points with an electric ignition

    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
  8. glennj3

    1985 SeaRay Mercruiser 165 no spark at the plugs

    I didn’t post the picture of the shift kill switch. The purple wire is lose on the inside.
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    1985 SeaRay Mercruiser 165 no spark at the plugs

    The engine kill switch for the shifter in the photo. Thanks.
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    1985 SeaRay Mercruiser 165 no spark at the plugs

    Can I bypass the kill switch somehow to see if that’s the problem? Thank you.
  11. glennj3

    1985 SeaRay Mercruiser 165 no spark at the plugs

    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.
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    1985 SeaRay Mercruiser 165 no spark at the plugs

    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...
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    1985 SeaRay Mercruiser 165 no spark at the plugs

    Gotch. But I didn’t see a spark from the coil / distributor wire? Maybe I just couldn’t see it.
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    1985 SeaRay Mercruiser 165 no spark at the plugs

    Oh, I did putt a nail file on them
  15. glennj3

    1985 SeaRay Mercruiser 165 no spark at the plugs

    Oh, I did putt a nail file on them.
  16. glennj3

    1985 SeaRay Mercruiser 165 no spark at the plugs

    First time attempting to crank this season. Was running good when put away last season. What I have now. Engine turns over strong. I have an in-line spark tester, there is no spark to the plugs. I tested the coil wire going to the distributor, no spark. The points will spark if I ground them...
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    No spark plug spark... 170 MC , 1985 Sea Ray

    I hope this entire post will start again for me. Again it’s the first start up of the year. Plugs are not firing again. I rubbed the points with a file (to brush off corrosion), with the key on the points open I touched a screwdriver between the point and the engine backfired. I repeated the...
  18. glennj3

    1985 Sea Ray Mid Cabin

    I found my old previous post. Starting it for the 1 st time this season with a water hose. No spark while turning over fast. It is a170 Mercruiser. I had the same problem last year. Once cranked I could repeatedly crank/run her again with no problem. So today I connected a spark light between...
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    1985 Sea Ray Mid Cabin

    I found them!
  20. glennj3

    1985 Sea Ray Mid Cabin

    I’m looking for a solves issue I had last year. I need to do it again and I’m not sure how I did it? The plugs are not firing but if I connect a wire to the coil to a wire on the solenoid it runs. Do it once & it cranks & runs.
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