Good morning, folks. I have 2 old mercs in the garage. 1 is a 71 with the phase maker ignition. The motor is in beautiful shape has great compression and the LU is super solid. The other is a 69 with phelon mag ignition and is missing the LU. Compression is decent. I think the two cylinders are within 3 or 4 psi of one another.
The motor with the PM ignition is repeatedly popping one of the ignition coils(3 now) and at 50 to 100 a piece its getting old fast. I'm assuming something is going on with the extremely expensive and hard to find stator so I want to swap over to the more reliable and easier to trouble shoot phelon mag system. Some of the parts from the 69 are missing but the majority of it is there and the parts and nuts and bolts needed are cheap. So! Anyone ever done one of these conversions that could give me a run down? I have too many hours, dollars, blood, sweat and tears wrapped up in this motor to give up on it so any help would be greatly appreciated.
The motor with the PM ignition is repeatedly popping one of the ignition coils(3 now) and at 50 to 100 a piece its getting old fast. I'm assuming something is going on with the extremely expensive and hard to find stator so I want to swap over to the more reliable and easier to trouble shoot phelon mag system. Some of the parts from the 69 are missing but the majority of it is there and the parts and nuts and bolts needed are cheap. So! Anyone ever done one of these conversions that could give me a run down? I have too many hours, dollars, blood, sweat and tears wrapped up in this motor to give up on it so any help would be greatly appreciated.
