Marine distributors do not have vacuum advance. Is worthless on a boat
motor. If it has the electronic ignition with computer, there is a wire to
remove the computer induced timing.

"Gudmundur" wrote in message
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calhoun,

Sorry I left that out. That is a good point It's a 1997. Do I need to
disconnect anything when doing the timing?. The only 2 things I noticed
that were connected to the distributor was 2 wires. I know with both of
them unplugged it doesn't start.

One wire should be the +12vdc 'run' wire, and one should be to the tach.

At the base of the distributor should be a vacuum advance hose, but
some distributors don't have a vacuum advance, only the internal
weighted mechanical advance.

Normally, you remove and plug the advance hose while setting the
timing. If you have vacuum advance, and you didn't remove the hose
when setting your timing, your timing is way off, very late indeed!