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    Overheating coil on Mercruiser 888 8cyl 5L. 1970's

    Replaced electrical system during restoration. New distributor cap, wires, coil, spark plugs. We do not have a spark so far and the coil is heating up almost too hot to touch. During purchase, was advised may require external resistor, we are unsure if we have one in our system or if one will be...
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    Mercury V-8 888 302 ford 5.0 L 1974 question

    I came across this site searching for instrument panel wiring diagram. I found an old post with some expired links. We have a manual for this engine but the diagram shows 10 wires and our engine has 9 on the instrumental panel. Our serial number is 3852802. If anyone has the diagram for this...
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