I am tuning up and servicing the distributor for the first time- its been 3 years since I bought the boat. I was feeling a little cocky after replacing a refurbished water pump, so I thought I would take advantage of the improved engine access with the exhaust system already out. Last night in a fit of can-do over confidence, I pulled off the distributor cap and the plate with the points on it. This morning I read through the Moyer manual and I see that I should have set the engine to TDC first, so I can adjust the new points.
So... if I just put everything back together without adjusting the old points and don't tell anyone, is it likely to start again without further adjustment? Or should I replace all the tuneup parts and hope for the best? After reading through a lot of comments on this site it looks like it is best to start a tuneup with a running engine. I am hoping to wait until I can splash the boat and motor to its mooring point for the summer before performing a full tuneup. I am trying to figure out if I am already in for the proverbial penny.
Now for the easy question- I can't see where the bolt is that needs to be loosened to adjust/remove the distributor. I can feel a couple of candidates but I don't want to loosen the wrong thing and be unable to return to its original (running) state. (I tried a small mirror already- didn't help.) Depending on the answer to my other questions, I might want to pull the distributor so I can clean the centrifigal advance weights.
Thanks,
Terry, P30
So... if I just put everything back together without adjusting the old points and don't tell anyone, is it likely to start again without further adjustment? Or should I replace all the tuneup parts and hope for the best? After reading through a lot of comments on this site it looks like it is best to start a tuneup with a running engine. I am hoping to wait until I can splash the boat and motor to its mooring point for the summer before performing a full tuneup. I am trying to figure out if I am already in for the proverbial penny.
Now for the easy question- I can't see where the bolt is that needs to be loosened to adjust/remove the distributor. I can feel a couple of candidates but I don't want to loosen the wrong thing and be unable to return to its original (running) state. (I tried a small mirror already- didn't help.) Depending on the answer to my other questions, I might want to pull the distributor so I can clean the centrifigal advance weights.
Thanks,
Terry, P30
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