ignition timing plate, 3.0l Merc.

[Juel-dk]

Hi All..

Yesterday i wanted to check the timing on my 1993 3.0L mercruiser, i went out to my boat, warmed it up, shorted the 2 white wires, and took off the kill switch, rigged the timing gun to the engine, and started shooting.. but my timing plate looks like this:

And the manual looks like this:

How should i see what tap, is what degree?

Is my only option to set my engine at TDC, and then mark the timing plate??

Kind regards
Morten

 

[buggiedad_67]

Re: ignition timing plate, 3.0l Merc.

look at the manual pic and take a white out and put a mark where tdc is, trun your crank slowly and put a white line where it is then just count up from there each high and low markes are 2 degrees put a white mark at 4 and at 8 then time it, or take a litle sand paper and clean the plate the marks should be there under the dirt

 

[Juel-dk]

Re: ignition timing plate, 3.0l Merc.

ok, ill try to sand of the paint.. thanks

 

[Bondo]

Re: ignition timing plate, 3.0l Merc.

Ayuh,... Just clean it up,+ you can probably read it....

 

[JustJason]

Re: ignition timing plate, 3.0l Merc.

a wire cup brush on the end of a cordless drill or die grinder will probably work better at cleaning that up