Re: [OMC-Boats] Wiring questions

On Jun 18, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Lee Shuster wrote:

>
> JD,
>
> If you do a quick google on < DELCO 1110376 > and follow several links
>
> You will see that number references Delco distributors used on
> 1968-69 Jeep 225 V6's, as they were no longer being supplied to OMC
> by GM after Buick sold the tooling to Kaiser-Jeep. (A 1970 OMC
> engine, probably was really a leftover 1969.) So you most likely
> have a distributor that originally came with an OMC engine, I'm
> guessing that the 0910 sequence is a manufacturer's date code, maybe
> 09 = 1969 and 10 = October ??.
>
> I couldn't find any relevant hits on the 46AB-V4 part
>
> Pictures are NOT clear enough to see if you have points or Pertronix
> Ignitor replacement. You need to remove the rotor and look
> underneath it.

sorry for the crappy photos -will get more out later tonight with my
real camera, but minimal time left at that point. that 2nd shot is
with the the rotor removed. the brown stuff is the points. weird
points, but points. brown it rusty metal. some sort of
centrifugal point system or something i think i remember the mechanic
mentioning.

> You also need to follow the red and black wires inside the
> distributor body to determine what's there.

i need to verify, but i believe i remember seeing black went up to
the points, and red went to that rectangular black plastic part with
the white number sticker on the side. a condenser? i'll verify
wires.

ok - so it's looking like, original distributor, aftermarket weird
points ?

> You most likely have the stock coil which requires the ballast
> resistor, refer to prior e-mail messages for how to measure the
> coil's primary resistance (with all wires removed).
>
> Again, a stock breaker points/condensor setup will only have a
> single wire coming from the (-) "DIST" side of the coil (and it's
> almost always a BLACK wire).
>
> Sounds like you got plenty of other issues. Sometimes it gets hard
> to isolate and troubleshoot one thing at a time.

yeah - esp when you're trying to figure out what piece in the chain
does what. Now I know what the ballast resistor does!
>
>
> Lee Shuster
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: omc-boats-bounces@... [mailto:omc-boats-bounces@...
> ] On Behalf Of jd
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:21 AM
> To: Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's
> Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Wiring questions
>
> yes, my boat has been "molested" , esp with distributors last
> summer, and has some non-stock things happening. But I think
> the original distributer may have ended up back in there - I can tell
> because of the blue paint on it's base. Anyway......
>
>>
>> JD:
>>
>> 1) What year is your boat (only applies to wiring COLOR changes)?
>> What Distributor do you have? More importantly what's inside your
>> distributor? (See item 3 below.)
>
> BOAT: '64 ENGINE: odd fire V-6 155 '70
>
> DISTRIBUTOR: Couldn't see any brand but little condensor looking
> thing on underside of "points" says 46AB-V4, and the side of dist
> body is stamped 1110376 9010
>
> HERE'S PHOTOS (taken with phone so kinda fuzzy):
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