Recent content by Stevie g

I'm biting the bullet, im bringing it to a merc dealer wednesday =(

Tim should i tighten down the nut that holds the flywheel all they way down it can go? i hit it with the impact but didn't know if i should go all the way down. i'm having a problem now where the starter gear stays up on the flywheel gears and wont seat back down. would my engine still spark if...

ok i got my stator in and i installed it. both sides are sparking like sons of bit ches but now im getting no fuel to the carbs! i unscrewed the part at the end of the gas line that goes into the engine .it had alot of pressurized gas squirt and drain out as i loosened it the metal screen...

i absolutely can't wait, hopefully that part comes in on friday. saturday and sunday are suppose to be in the 90's!

just to let every1 know that doesn't know on this site, Tim (bigshrimpin) really is the man. we met up and he helped me out tremendously today. and he wouldn't take anything for it! he's a really good guy and he knows his mercs.

bigshrimpin your the man! i just sent you a PM

thanks for that very needed information lol i probably would have messed the threads up.

I was reading around the internet and i read that it can be done with a harmonic balancer puller tool?If so i can rent one of those at autozone. -does anybody have any insight on removing the stator? i'm probably going to try getting to it tomorrow evening.

i switched the leads from the stator on the switch boxes now the starboard has the spark and the port doesnt. following that website i disconnected the rectifier. taped off the wires going into it and rechecked everything. one bank of cylinders still isn't getting spark, so now i believe it has...

bigshrimp, im going to try this in that link you sent me I'm a bit confused. does this mean i leave the whites and black/yellow stripe alone on both switchboxes. and switch the reds and blues between the 2 switchboxes? If thats what there telling me to do it seems easy enough. i just want to...

is it hard to somehow remove the stator and take a look at it? i seen them on the internet for about 150$... if it isn't the stator or bad grounds what could it be.

bad news guys i just switched both boxes around and i'm still getting no spark on the starboard. so now i eliminated the idea of a bad switch box what should be next on my trouble shooting?

thanks guys for the quick response. i didn't know the switch boxes were interchangeable.. that will definitely be my saturday morning project, switching them around. i'll keep you guys posted. thanks again!

we just recently put our v20 in the water. it has an 1985 merk 200hp v6. at 1st it ran great but then it would slowly rpm down and die then it would be a bi*ch to start back up. when we got it out of the water i tested to see if all the cylinders had spark. oddly all the plugs on the port side...

thanks fitz, thats exactly what i was looking for. i wish i had the money for a seat like that. I'm going to try to build something similar to that. A little off topic but i noticed that you also have a 200hp on the back of your v20, what are you running for top speed?