Reply To: New to AOMC with a 1963 mercury 200

[billw]

I always test all my condensers with a Stevens magneto analyzer, which is similar to the Merc-O-tronic. Almost with out fail, old Phelon condensers will fail a leakage test. My two cents would therefore be to buy some new condensers and have nothing to worry about. Like 20Mercman says, those mags are generally good, though. To test the points, disconnect them from everything and check with an ohm meter on low ohms scale. Resistance should be ZERO. If there is so much as one ohm, the mag won’t work right.

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