Reply To: Mercury KE4 Timing

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Spark should happen in cylinder with piston at top of stroke…if wires are reversed the spark happens in cylinder with piston at bottom of stroke…an easy mistake to make
With Bendix magneto ignition cam is part of flywheel. You must open points up all the
way to clear the cam as flywheel is installed. After flywheel is in place you set and lock
point gap at top of cam ramp by use of feeler gauge thru openings in top of flywheel

If you do not like the Bendix magneto the Repco Phelon system on later KE4/Mark 7 will
swap in without any modifications. Mercury sold a lot of KE4 & Mark 7 so they show up
at meets and are fairly inexpensive to buy…sometimes not so inexpensive to restore.
Very attractive when polished and painted. Tanks often dented and cowls missing.
Louis