Tune Up

[laserfish]

It is about that time. Along with the annual impellar and fluid change, I need to change my plugs, wires etc. Should I use Merc wires etc, or will high quality automotive do the trick? Same on the distributor cap, etc. Let me know your thoughts and come on summertime.

[Bradley]

Eagle Marine told me my Merc wires should still be ok at 10 years, but I would like to see what everyone on here has to say.

[laserfish]

I have not been to Eagle. How is it? At least the traffic getting there will be better for us than going to Lewisville. Now Matt will have to make a drive.

[Yadatbeme]

Who are you guys using in Lewisville? I'm in Richardson and just bought my first Tige.

[Matt Garcia]

I use http://www.texasvessel.com/. Thats my good friends business.

In the past I have always taken it straight to the factory.

[KonaKing]

If you want to test your plug wires ohm them out. Depending what material they are they could anywhere from the 10's for carbon up to 1500 ohms for a conventional wire. This could save you a few hundred bucks.

[TeamAllen]

Mallory has a Marine division, as an option?

http://www.mallory-marine.com/

[Yadatbeme]

Thanks for the recommendation.

[Fit to be Tige]

OK, so what constitutues a full tune up?

[dom w. forte]

Is the boat carb or injected?
We usaually change cap and rotor around 300hrs dependent on how much corrosion on terminals, plugs and wires we inspect and change as they show signs of wear, currently have 1000hrs on ski team boat with oringinal plugs and wires, if you have a carb, plugs dont last as long.
Also clean flame arrestor or filter and clean throttlebody if injected about every 300hrs, fuel filter the same dependent on how often you use boat, if it sits a lot you change more often.

[Fit to be Tige]

Cap and rotor were changed in '08, so should be ok. I am going to change the wires and plugs, oil and filter, water/fuel separator, and impellor. Wow, spark plugs are expensive!