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skiier 
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 Topic: Automotive Coil?Posted: August-24-2005 at 3:22pm |
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I need to replace a coil in my boat Pleasure craft 351, is there any difference between an automoitve coil and a marine?
I know the starter, alternator and many others are marine specific... |
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79nautique
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Posted: August-24-2005 at 4:02pm |
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not really but I would suggest a non oil-filled style though.
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Morfoot
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Posted: August-25-2005 at 8:48am |
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Just replaced mine a couple of months ago. Bought mine from NAPA. 88' 2001w/ 351 pcm.
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"Morfoot; He can ski. He can wakeboard.He can cook chicken.He can create his own self-named beverage, & can also apparently fly. A man of many talents."72 Mustang "Kermit",88 SN Miss Scarlett, 99 SN "Sherman"
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Tim D
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Posted: August-25-2005 at 2:59pm |
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I've gone through two regular auto coils.(16 years) Then I got an accel coil made for heat and vibration. It has a gel instead of oil and I think it was $29. I got it from Jegs.
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tleed
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Posted: August-25-2005 at 7:54pm |
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Just bought a new coil for my boat couple of days ago. Auto coils are oil-filled. The marine-design coil I bought, Pertronix brand, is epoxy-filled to resist vibration damage. Yep, it's more expensive.
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stang72
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Posted: August-27-2005 at 3:22am |
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For a coil...auto parts will work just fine...however I will always buy a marine part!That way there is no doubt!
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Posted: August-28-2005 at 10:21am |
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Ah crap! 79nautique, why no oil filled? Just spent pretty good money on a Crane, it's comes nickel plated.
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tleed
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Posted: August-30-2005 at 3:48am |
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See above, Shaughn. Oil-filled coils are more prone to suffer from damage due to vibration.
Epoxy-filled coils resist the kind of vibration a boat motor and rough water can generate. Thomas |
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79nautique
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Posted: August-30-2005 at 2:53pm |
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I use a mallory promaster series marine coil. The extra juice works well with the cam and induction system and it's blue so it matches my plug wires, dist cap, and boat as well.
The epoxy filled coils last longer and have better insulating properties than oil filled coils. |
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HOLESHOT
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Posted: August-30-2005 at 3:28pm |
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you guyts sould also remember that tere are also coils that have internal resistors and stock pcm have externial resistors and if you go replacing
coils make sure that you know wich is wich |
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IF IT HAS A SPARKPLUG I CAN FIX IT
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Posted: September-02-2005 at 1:05am |
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You just have to by pass the ballast resister with a coil that has an internal resister.
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