timing? help

[leafs]

1974 70hp johnson<br />i was having trouble getting the engine to rev up,<br />then i noticed 2 of the 3 spark plug wires came out of the ignition coils i screwed them back in and now the revs will go up but the engine seems to knock a little,before i found the plug wires loose i was fooling around with the timing,would that of made the engine noisy.

 

[wilde1j]

Re: timing? help

Fooling around? Like, what did you do? Incorrect timing is real bad for the health of an engine.

 

[leafs]

Re: timing? help

i know i should not of touch it,i am going to try to get it in tomorrow to get the timing set.i did check the compression 125 on all three,when i pulled the plug wires off the top 2 made a little difference but when i pulled the bottom one off it stalled does this seem normal

 

[wilde1j]

Re: timing? help

No!