couple questions for the guru's
 

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I'm neering the end switching out heads/intake/carb/exhaust on my motor and have a couple of questions

1: I have the engine at TDC and when i put the distributer back in the rotor is facing #8 , 1 piston off , i can adjust the distributer to make it face #1 but thats not the way it came out , i didnt mess with the cam , just the heads . its confusing me

2: i also switched to a stainless marine t-stat housing and cross over , on the original Merc housing theres a sensor , i assume its a temp sensor , but theres another one next to it that screws into the water port on the intake , this is of less importance , i'll just find out which gauge aint working when i finaly fire is up

3: and this is purely for looks , when going to an aftermarket exhaust , i've mapped out where my shift quadrent is gonna go , and my oil filer and lines , any advice for the ign module and the wiring plug in in front of the motor?

check it out , it looks pretty good , kinda out of place in my junkyard boat :evilb:

thanks in advance for any help

oil pump shaft could of moved a little.
no big deal.

oh yea , one last question
with the removal of the circ pump , my PS and ALT belts are way to long now , i saw this coming , does anyone know part numbers of the belts i need to buy ?

Your engine looks very nice. 1 I agree the oil pump drive rod moved when you removed the distributor. If it bothers you, pull the distributor and turn the drive rod back with a long screwdriver, and reinstall. 2. The second sensor is probably for the alarm system in the boat.

thanks , it'll look better when i get some exhaust for it