OldSkool
Active Member
- May 8, 2010
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- Boat Info
- restored 1976 SRV200
- Engines
- 188 Mercruiser I/O
Here's a little trick I use. Turn the engine to TDC on the timing marks on the crank. Find #1 plug wire in the cap. Now remove the cap and see where the rotor is pointing. Had this been done to start you would have seen that the rotor was 180 out to start with. At this point you could have just rewired the cap and seen if it would have started or at least fired before tearing the front off.
Stranger things have happened but jumping 180 is very uncommon. A couple teeth yes but 180?? How many times did the mechanic rotate the engine to see if the marks would line up?
Stranger things have happened but jumping 180 is very uncommon. A couple teeth yes but 180?? How many times did the mechanic rotate the engine to see if the marks would line up?