302 teardown

Are you bringing it to GL Chris? Looks great.

Ive got dead modules of all flavors (Mallory, Prestolite, Pertronix) in my basement, so Im not sold on all non-Pertronix being dead reliable. I do think the Mallory and Prestolites are better than the Pertronix... but I would not be overly excited to run any of them as a drop in kit.

Yes, you can get a brand new Mallory marine points distributor... theyre $189 at Summit. Theyre cheaper to buy and cheaper to maintain. I just put one in Sage's Mustang the weekend you were in CT. The curve still isnt quite right- its not getting full advance- so I wouldnt expect to bolt it on and go. I dont believe Im alone in this, as Alan struggled to get his curved properly as well. Ive had the best experience with the DUI's, but thats a lofty price to pay ($380), so Id be inclined to drop the old distributor in there and see how it goes. Id probably do the same for the carb, though Id guess you *might* benefit from a 600cfm over the stock 450cfm. See how it runs and get back to us before plunking down the cash! Save your money for a 2nd gen Ski Tique instead.

I did notice you said you werent planning on bringing it to GL... I hope I misunderstood... I think it would be a mistake to bring anything else!

I don’t know about pushing on people to bring boats to GL that they don’t have running yet Benjamin, if I was you I would get that barefoot making waves before I started preaching.
On a more serious note, I do have a 302 DUI I would be happy to donate to the cause, as it is never going to see any use here.   Tim you mention it as an option does that mean you can buy a reverse rotation DUI ? I don’t know that I have ever checked.
Chris for you to use that DUI you would need to source a reverse rotation dist gear that will fit on the shaft of a DUI made for a 302 and have it sent to me at 16 Paul St Auburn NY 13021. I will drill it and press it on for you and send out the assembly. Like I said at tims that DUI is showing a little corrosion but it has a blue cap and last I knew worked like a champ.
Or you can trade it with the standard gear on it to Benjamin for Sages fancy new one that he seems not quite happy with.
I wouldn’t be crazy about upgrading the carb at this point though.. bigger isn’t always better.

My biggest concern at the moment is getting the cam broken in and making sure it will run well enough for the first 20 min. If the dist and carb I have now will work then I'll go ahead and put everything back on and break in the motor then swap out parts after.

I guess I'm a little illiterate when it comes to if these older parts work well with the new parts.

I'd like to get everything back together before the 4th so I can maybe have it on the water for the weekend. Then maybe I'd think about bringing it up to GL, but I'll be taking the 96 for sure. I'd rather have the bigger boat on that big of lake.    

Well maybe I'll drag it up there and we can do a break in clinic while we're there.....

I'm going to clean up my carb this week at some point and get everything hooked back up with fuel lines and wiring. Then the dist, plugs and wiring will be next.

Just so happens Dad's new pontoon furnature came in last week so I'm also in the process of tearing everything off the toon and putting it all back together. Its becoming a much bigger job than I anticipated since were doing new carpet, helm...the whole nine yards. That HAS to be done by the 4th or I'll be in the dog house with dad. Then the Ski Tique will get broken in.

Where does time go?

I had plans to get it running last weekend but a fever of 102 on friday put me under the weather most the weekend and changed those plans quickly. I'm hoping to get this thing started this week, but still have a few odds and ends to wrap up.

I finished up all the wiring this weekend and was able to bump it over once just to see if everything was connected properly.

I must have a bad connection somewhere as I don't have any reads from the gauges. When I turn the ignition to run a few gauges peg but I have no accessories (lights, horn, blower, bilge pump)

Any thoughts? I am guessing it has to be somewhere on the back of the motor, maybe a relay of some kind

Going to drop in the dist tonight and get the plug wires done with the intention of breaking in the cam this week at some point.

Pete, I figured it has to be something coming from the back of the motor since I haven't touched any of the gauges and they were all functioning properly before I pulled the motor out. I'm thinking there isn't anything being sent to them since that was all pulled off the motor when the rebuild happened.

I'd love to see the diagram! I'm sure I've stumbled on it once or twice but don't have it handy.

Nothing was changed, I simply marked all the connections before I pulled everything and placed them back on when we dropped the motor back in. I didn't get out a volt meter last weekend, should be able to check everything out tonight.

Will do Pete.

Headed out to the lake now, I'll see if I can track this down tonight after I get the distributor dropped in. Hopefully I make some progress tonight!

Ha, disregard the last statement in my email! Glad you got the wiring sorted.

Boat is looking good- cant wait to hear how it runs. Did I ever ask what the story is with the older windshield?

Can anyone tell me if there is a fuel pump rod on this motor or does the arm of the fuel pump simply ride on the cam?

I have all the ignition ready to fire and am getting proper spark but no fuel up to the carb. Fuel filter/Separator is full but nothing in the hard line between the pump and carb.

I didn't crank the motor with the hardline off the pump to see if it was actually pumping fuel, but the hard line was completely dry so I'm guessing it's not pumping anything.

Guessing I didn't install the pump correctly?

i recently know of someone that put the pump on the top side of the eccentric and ran the bolts home....wiped the cam
goes in at the bottem and you lift up

Great job Chris!

Well its taken me almost all summer to get this thing together, back in the boat and to fire, but on the bright side it's now running!!

It took a while to get fuel up to the pump and into the carb. I ended up filling the line from the pump to the carb and then used a mustard bottle to spit fuel into the carb. Once I finally had fuel I was having trouble getting the motor to spin (timing was way too fast). Set to 10 degrees and it started right up and ran smooth as silk.

I had some help from my neighbor who spent 20 years building stock cars and a ski buddy's dad who is pretty savvy. The biggest hold up was me not knowing what the heck I was doing. Pretty scary thought to start this thing up when you've got some $$ tied up and the chance at ruining the cam!

What a thrill to hear her run again. Need to tie up some loose ends and then get a water test done!

Picked up a filter and 5 more quarts of VR1. Should be able to head back out to the lake around lunch time today and get the oil changed. I want to double check my running gear and then we're ready to hit the water!! I'll be sure to get some performance numbers and video uploaded if we get out on the water!

Picture Pat swears the magic number has been 50 this summer...$50 here, $50 there on little things to keep us on the water. So it's fitting I spend another 50 on an oil change today, right!? Welcome to boating, huh?!

I owe a big thank you to Tim Benjamin, Reid, Pete, Billy, Eric, Steve Workman and everyone who has chimed in on this thread or helped me along the way! Hopefully I won't have too many more questions to bug you with, but I honestly couldn't have done this without your help!!!

Thanks again guys!!!