I don't think I have that but I'll check to make sure. Thanks John

Jumping time was also mentioned

Where would those be located John?

the actual coil or is this resistor something different John?

UPDATE Alright so I've had a hell of a last couple years but I think f I can get this problem fixed I may be out of the woods for at least a bit. So back a year and a half ago one of the tabs holding the springs in my prestolite distributor 4301-bb broke. I contacted a person ( who will rename namel...

Alright so I've had a hell of a last couple years but I think f I can get this problem fixed I may be out of the woods for at least a bit. So back a year and a half ago one of the tabs holding the springs in my prestolite distributor 4301-bb broke. I contacted a person ( who will rename nameless) wi...

I thought I would check back in and update. Had the manifolds baked, blasted, magnifluxed and pressure tested and all checked out. Put a impeller driven water pump on which flowed more water. Blew the head and block out to make sure there were no blockages Last night I switched the hoses where the s...

LOL I think you're right.

I think you're right Jim and appreciate your input. I'll let ya know what comes of this when I get the manifolds checked out. That all being said I'm not going to tell him he was right....I'll never hear the end of it. LOL

He made gaskets and used sealant to my knowledge. My dad bought the starboard manifold 20 years ago or so maybe 25 and he thinks it was used. Other than that he doesn't remember much ( selective memory) lol. That hose does looked to be kinked but I don't believe it's inhibiting the flow but I'm prob...

I will check again @ 500 rpm. Did compression test and all was good there. Bypassed water pump and hooked a sump pump to the hoses and ran pushing more water through. Port side steam was better but still noticeable as was starboard but more on the starboard side. I'm really leaning towards bad manif...

It's right on the chris craft mark. I don't feel timing is an issue. It starts immediately and runs great. Used a timing light to hit that mark.

I'm curious whhy everybody mentions the timing. What issue would that contribute to? TIming is on the chris craft mark and its firing right up and hitting on all cylinders but seems louder than normal.

I was thinking the same thing and will do another compression test hopefully in the next few days.

previous manifold had corrosion on the port forward corner and a piece popped off. Tried to fix but too rotten. A ground was located there on the manifold bolt but has since been moved. Haven't checked since last fall when it went back together. This is what I had at that time. 1 135 2 140 3 135 4 1...

Couldn't find any numbers on the port side exhaust manifold. Hope this helps might have overkilled it.

Okay thanks. Headed down now to get pics of manifolds. Will post shortly

Okay cool. I'll get on that and get back to you asap.Thanks

Timing is on the mark and van ness also rebuilt the distributor and the advance mechanism.

It's original cc intake aluminum for the Rochester 4 jet with the wedge cast in. Brass gear pump rebuilt by van ness. Pertronix ignition with pertronix coil. Port manifold to our knowledge is original to the boat and the other is appx. 25 years old.

Sure hope you guys can help with what I'm about to write because I'm about to pull what's left of my hair out. Anyway last summer I had a myriad of problems resulting in a rebuilt starter, water pump and alternator as well as a top end rebuild including the heads being checked and resurfaced ( they ...

Turned out when I had the carb restored that carb (Rochester 4Jet) had an early secondary float level and a late. They set mine to early and that was causing the carb to run out of fuel at higher rpm's. When I got it back after changing the setting that allowed the carb to hold more fuel and fixed t...

autolite distributor with pertronix and the pertronix coil. firing order is good. Set with a timing light to cc timing mark. Runs great up to 1,000rpm but it comes and goes with the dropping off and coming back. I think it might be fuel related because when it falls down if I spray carb cleaner it w...

283 flywheel forward engine

Okay I got an issue at higher rpm's (above 1000) with what I would call a cutting out or stumbling. Idle to 1k is great. Just did a top end rebuild ( heads checked and resurfaced, manifolds cleaned and gaskets replaced on ends, new/used intake). Also carb was redone by Daytona and to the best of my ...

Thanks guys! We'll see what happens.

Yeah Greg that crossed my mind but if its meant to be it'll work out if not hopefully it goes to a good home.

Interesting and thanks. Ill check it out.

Thanks guys. That's part of the problem because I don't think anybody lives there. We'll figure it out and I'll try to let ya'll know how it goes.
Thanks,
Kristian