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    1978 3 Cylinder Merc 700 Timing

    Is it possible switch box causing cylinder one to fire at the wrong time? Using trigger wires one by one, with cylinder one, timing scale is still way off, the coil is firing no where near Tdc. Brought to TDC flywheel seems to be correct, switch box has not been replaced.
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    1978 3 Cylinder Merc 700 Timing

    Compression about the same across the board, 130+ looking at the bolts for flywheel, I’m thinking flywheel might be off a bolt or two…
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    1978 3 Cylinder Merc 700 Timing

    gotcha, with that being said, i kinda figured that, now with light set at zero, engine runs at "max spark" or even the .464 mark. (with number one at TDC pointer is at 0 degrees), now, should i install indicator on top cylinder and bring to TDC and zero indicator, back fly wheel off to .464 and...
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    1978 3 Cylinder Merc 700 Timing

    Replaced stator, trigger, rectifier, a few broken plastic pieces. After getting everything together, with wires matching colors, engine back fires and will not run. Used a timing light to figure out which cylinder fires closes to TDC, got it to run decently, high idle, no power WOT. Thought...
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