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    Problem with a Mercruiser 5.7 V8 LX

    Module dead, gonna buy acdelco kit, or does someone have a better suggestion?
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    Problem with a Mercruiser 5.7 V8 LX

    I am starting to believe that my ignition module might have become faulty. What I did now was very simple, I've disconnected the coil from the distributor , disconnected the "kill switch" a.k.a shift switch, checked the knock sensor (it puts out steady 8 volt), disconnected the tachometer and...
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    Problem with a Mercruiser 5.7 V8 LX

    changing the distributor with the pickup now would be jumping the gun, in my first post the mechanics tried a different one and returned the old one back. I did managed to turn on the engine once after a few days but now again its dead. The batteries might be faulty since it lost all of its...
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    Problem with a Mercruiser 5.7 V8 LX

    Thank you for your reply as well, as stated previously I am well aware of the troubleshooting method and the link. And I truly doubt that the engine will turn on with a weak spark that is caused by the voltage drop. Looking at the scheme that is provided in the link nothing suggests what would...
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    Problem with a Mercruiser 5.7 V8 LX

    A very informative post that is much easier to read rather the actual manual. But sadly that dosen't help me much in figuring out the problem of why i get no spark when i bring a direct 12 volt cable to one of the purple wire or all of them together (since they all split from 1 purple wire after...
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    Problem with a Mercruiser 5.7 V8 LX

    Hay hay people, I have a problem with a Mercruiser 5.7 V8 LX. The engine suddenly stopped after a quick decrease in speed, and before I've came to start figuring out what went wrong with it, the owner tried with several different mechanics to resolve the issue but with no luck. Prior to my...
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