Paul,
Been there done that! I fond when you have a boat, you have lots of
friends who are happy to go out with you but very few of which will ever
chip in on gas, oil or upkeep!!!
Joe
"Mostrom, Paul" wrote:
>
> Oh yeah?
>
> Well come over to my house and help me figure out how my 140hp Mercury in-line
> 6 cylinder outboard runs! I found the magneto after pulling the power head
> and clearing out about a million wires. There are six coils(?), with a spark
> plug wire going from each, to each cylinder. I can't seem to figure out how
> this thing could ever get spark to the right cylinder at the right time! All
> that just to fix a water jacket leak. I had to do it myself, but now I know
> why they wanted $2600 just to put a couple of gaskets in the engine.
>
> Sure glad I took pictures before I tore it down.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul Mostrom
> '77 Spitfire 1500
> '80 Ford F-100 (Triumph Support Vehicle)
>
> '74 14.5ft. Glastron ski boat with '79 140hp Mercury outboard
>
> 'boat (bot)n. 1. A hole in the water that a fool throws money into!'
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Curry [mailto:spitlist@gte.net]
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 10:16 AM
> To: wizardz
> Cc: Arthur H. Smith; SPITFIRES
> Subject: Re: Distributer Drive Gear GT6+
>
> Yes, you did say "Most", but Arthur said "all" distributor fired
> engines. Some 2 stroke engines do use distributors (Outboard motors
> come to mind)
>
> Joe
>
> wizardz wrote:
> >
> > Ha... most (I SAID MOST) 2 strokes don't have distributors
> > they usually use CDI and or crank triggered ignition
>
> Joe said:
>
> > Hey Smarty Pants!
> >
> > How about 2 stroke engines??? :)
>
> >
> > "Arthur H. Smith" wrote:
> > >
> > > I was going to say DUH' but then realized how many things I don't know.
> The
> > > rotor spins around and points to the wire when a particular cylinder has
> to
> > > fire. Since a cylinder fires only once every two revolutions then the
> > > distributor spins at one half the engine crank RPM.
> > >
> > > thats the way with all distributor fired engines.
> > >
> > > smarty pants arthur
>
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