MSD Distributor rust
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Re: MSD Distributor rust
Same thing happened here. I usually tell customers not to run the MSD dist but to use the Mercury dist instead. Mostly because if this problem happens to you while on vacation or not near home, you can usually stop into any marine parts store and get parts for the Mercury dist. I have in the past dismantled the MSD and used clear coat paint and painted the shaft and the pickup hardware. That helps greatly in the corossion process. Then you just have to worry about the advance weights and springs in some MSD dist. as well.
As usuall, just .02. I still run both when the customer wants it. Now it just moved the service interval up.
John S.
As usuall, just .02. I still run both when the customer wants it. Now it just moved the service interval up.
John S.
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Re: MSD Distributor rust
Originally Posted by roarkace
They all do that.Take it apart,brush off all the rust,spray paint the rotor with a can of Merc. etching primer,this will last several seasons.
I took my 500efi dist apart and did the same to it.
rob
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Re: MSD Distributor rust
This subject was covered on a thread about a year ago. I took my MSD apart wire brushed all the metal surfaces clean with a Dremel tool and coated it all with CRC corrosion inhibitor available at Grainger's. No more rust or white stuff.
Dave
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Re: MSD Distributor rust
Originally Posted by RLW
I sent mine for a refresh three years ago. The cost was $75.00. You will receive (basically) a new distributor, cap included. It is a good deal.
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Re: MSD Distributor rust
I was planning on installing a new MSD redy to run distributor in my boat. How long does it take before they have problems is it really worth the trouble?
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Re: MSD Distributor rust
Originally Posted by mtocrs1
I was planning on installing a new MSD redy to run distributor in my boat. How long does it take before they have problems is it really worth the trouble?
Last edited by mopower; 04-14-2006 at 10:44 AM.
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Re: MSD Distributor rust
I just pull the cap a couple times a year & blast with WD-40..Never had a problem....The CRC stuff is probably better yet.
I started doing this years ago when my Merc Dist. rusted up in a 260
I started doing this years ago when my Merc Dist. rusted up in a 260