Automotive Coil?
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Topic: Automotive Coil?
Posted By: Guests
Subject: Automotive Coil?
Date Posted: August-24-2005 at 3:22pm
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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Posted By: 79nautique
Date Posted: August-24-2005 at 4:02pm
not really but I would suggest a non oil-filled style though.
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Posted By: Morfoot
Date Posted: August-25-2005 at 8:48am
Just replaced mine a couple of months ago. Bought mine from NAPA. 88' 2001w/ 351 pcm.
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Posted By: Tim D
Date Posted: August-25-2005 at 2:59pm
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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Tim D
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Posted By: tleed
Date Posted: August-25-2005 at 7:54pm
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.
Thomas
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Posted By: stang72
Date Posted: August-27-2005 at 3:22am
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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stang
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Posted By: Guests
Date 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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Posted By: tleed
Date Posted: August-30-2005 at 3:48am
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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Posted By: 79nautique
Date Posted: August-30-2005 at 2:53pm
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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Posted By: HOLESHOT
Date Posted: August-30-2005 at 3:28pm
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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Posted By: Guests
Date 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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