Re: New Style Points 1986 140hp Mercruiser
i don't have what ya got for an engine, but i do have points and i believe i understand what your saying.
yes, friction is supposed to hold connectors good enough. like you, i didn't think they made to great of contact. for me, it wasn't that, but the fact that the part was improper for my distributor in that no matter how i adjusted them, the point were never even close to being closed. i don't remember the part number, but i looked up the number and my mercruiser dealer looked up the number and we agreed. i personally pulled the point set out of a fresh bag of points with the proper number. i never discovered what was up. but they woud't work.
sorry about the long story. all to just say i got serria points that crossed to the merc part number and they were just what i needed. to include a nut to hold the wires onto the point set. maybe that's the answer to your problem too.
fwiw. i usually always get merc parts and am not fond of aftermarket. but in this case. it's what i needed to do. good luck.
