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"Hi! I`ve a Mercruiser 3.0L 19

"Hi! I`ve a Mercruiser 3.0L 1978 engine. I have just installed new piston rings, riser and all gaskets. I sand blasted the engine and painted all parts. My question is about the ignition scale on the cover. There are no numbers on the scale, so how many degrees are each tooth?... Is the engine at tds when the flywheel mark is in the middle of the scale?

Thanks for any sugestions
!!"
 
"When the #1 piston is set to

"When the #1 piston is set to TDC,the timing mark is "0",Most divisions or points are 2 deg.
eg: Turning the motor clockwise and setting the 0 at TDC the marks/points would read like this
10,8,6,4,2,0
BTDC "
 
"Okey! Thank you for the infor

"Okey! Thank you for the information
. No I am rewiring the engine, thanks to this forum and the wiring diagrams
."
 
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