Hey everyone, new member here. I’m trying to set the correct ignition timing on a 1979 Mercury 9.8 (110). It has a breakerless ignition. I’ve been reading through the service manual I have and it’s telling me to align the “trigger assembly” timing marks with the “end cap flange” timing marks. I think I’ve identified the both the trigger and end cap under the flywheel and I see some marks. Here’s a pic of the area...
The top dark strip is the trigger and the bottom silver strip is the end cap below the trigger. The trigger has 2 lines on it and the end cap has two lines on it. The problem is I don’t know which line from the trigger to line up with the end cap. Here’s the timing lines...
As you can see in the pic, the two lines on top and bottom are spaced differently so I can’t line up both at the same time. Because of that, I’m not sure how to line these “timing marks” up like my service manual tells me to. Does anyone know where the lines are supposed to be in relation of each other?
The top dark strip is the trigger and the bottom silver strip is the end cap below the trigger. The trigger has 2 lines on it and the end cap has two lines on it. The problem is I don’t know which line from the trigger to line up with the end cap. Here’s the timing lines...
As you can see in the pic, the two lines on top and bottom are spaced differently so I can’t line up both at the same time. Because of that, I’m not sure how to line these “timing marks” up like my service manual tells me to. Does anyone know where the lines are supposed to be in relation of each other?