OldSkool
Active Member
- May 8, 2010
- 4,360
- Boat Info
- restored 1976 SRV200
- Engines
- 188 Mercruiser I/O
First I want to thank hottoddie and Ian for their reply to my point gap question. Now for the rest of the story.
I rebuilt the carb and installed it but it took forever to get started. Once it started it ran OK but not great. I pulled the distributor cap and found a mount of rust where my points and rotor were supposed to be. The rust was so bad on the shaft that it wore the insulating point follower almost off. I took the whole distributor apart while still in the engine clear down to the counter weights and completely sanded and cleaned. WD40 is my best friend and it was used liberally in the cleaning process.
After reassembly I had a senior moment and could not remember the point gap. That's when my good friends at CSR came through.
First turn of the key and she lit up!! I know if I would have hired this out I would have been "busting open another thousand".
Even after all the time to repair the thing I found it more enjoyable than the yard work I need to do.
I rebuilt the carb and installed it but it took forever to get started. Once it started it ran OK but not great. I pulled the distributor cap and found a mount of rust where my points and rotor were supposed to be. The rust was so bad on the shaft that it wore the insulating point follower almost off. I took the whole distributor apart while still in the engine clear down to the counter weights and completely sanded and cleaned. WD40 is my best friend and it was used liberally in the cleaning process.
After reassembly I had a senior moment and could not remember the point gap. That's when my good friends at CSR came through.
First turn of the key and she lit up!! I know if I would have hired this out I would have been "busting open another thousand".
Even after all the time to repair the thing I found it more enjoyable than the yard work I need to do.