Spent a little time setting the timing, adjusting the linkages, and the TPS. Did not have a chance to pull the boat out of the garage, so no real troubleshooting.

Confirmed TDC, and .462 - only had to make a tiny adjustment to the pointer; probably could have left it alone.

Set base WOT and base timing. Set WOT at 24 deg BTDC. The manual recommends 0-9 deg ATDC for base, but I saw several mentions of 4 here on the forum so I settled on 4 deg ATDC. Is that a good baseline for my motor?

Also, should I be concerned about damage to the impeller since I did the timing setup dry (turning the motor with the starter, probably a total of 30 seconds)? My gut feeling is that it will be fine.

To set idle timing, I had to almost bottom out the adjustment screw. Does this look right? My idle timing was way off before the procedure, something like 6 deg BTDC.



Lastly, I set the TPS to .250. Is that a good baseline? Is there a rule of thumb for this?


Thanks!