Ignition Box Issues and ?????s
02-07-2012, 01:20 AM
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Because switching over to a new system with box and distributor for 2 engines would cost 4-5 times as much as replacing a box every year or three. If I was starting over fresh I would use something different. It's always easier to spend other peoples money than your own.
You seem like a knowledgeable man, what do you use?
You seem like a knowledgeable man, what do you use?
as for the money aspect, i would suggest that i make an effort NOT to spend my own money buying the same bad parts over and over again just because it's convenient. what is that saying ? the definition of stupidity is doing the same thing wrong over and over but expecting a different result each time ...
02-07-2012, 01:03 PM
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as for the money aspect, i would suggest that i make an effort NOT to spend my own money buying the same bad parts over and over again just because it's convenient. what is that saying ? the definition of stupidity is doing the same thing wrong over and over but expecting a different result each time ...
What makes sense for one person doesn't always make sense for others. I have what I have and in the scope of things it was not cost effective to replace the complete ignition system vs. keeping a spare onboard.
As time goes on and if boxes continue to fail, that will change. However, for now it is what it is.
I inherited the system when I bought the boat and if I was starting from scratch I would have used a TB IV or Crane HI-6.
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02-07-2012, 01:28 PM
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I inherited the system when I bought the boat and if I was starting from scratch I would have used a TB IV or Crane HI-6.
Panther,
We have also had excellent success with the Mercury TB IV and the Crane Hi-6. I do think it likely helps if rubber isolation mounts are used with all the marine ignitions.
Panther,
We have also had excellent success with the Mercury TB IV and the Crane Hi-6. I do think it likely helps if rubber isolation mounts are used with all the marine ignitions.
02-08-2012, 06:26 AM
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Man, I wished it was a perfect world. I guess some of us were born with perfect insight.....and some of us are still learning thru trial & error-----we may have to go around the mountian a few times before we "get it right". I suppose I fall in the later crowd and have been known to have to do that a time or two myself. 
02-12-2012, 08:58 PM
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I was running my boxes for 8-9 yrs. I was told the life of these boxes is around 10 yrs. . So I got close. The problem is when they go they go, no fixing them on the water. Good luck
02-12-2012, 09:20 PM
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