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Thunderbolt ignition mercury 115rotor help

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limige

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"got an old 77 115hp merc that

"got an old 77 115hp merc that hasn't been run in 5 yrs. i replaced the impellor, plugs, and was getting ready to change the cap/rotor/wires when i ran into trouble getting the rotor off. ended up busting it off to find out it wasn't made to come off.

now what are my options?"
 
Mike
I guess your learning th

Mike
I guess your learning the hard way....
You can either remove the whole distributor and disassemble it to replace the rotor and button assy or even easier still and probably cheaper would be to get a second had distributor complete. Shoud be pretty cheap on ebay.
Those rotors/caps shouldn t be replaced unless they are faulty.
 
"anyone got a part# for the ro

"anyone got a part# for the rotor/button assembly? serial starts with 701****
thanks....i tell you, wtf were they thinking when they designed that!"
 
"OUCH, priced one, $250, they

"OUCH, priced one, $250, they said caps used to be $135 when they were availible...i'm gonna hit up the used parts for sure....

very expensive mistake...they should have a big warning sign on that puppy saying clean only!"
 
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