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Originally Posted by Striper80

My boat has a cdi power pack on it. I thought with this one you were able to set the timing cranking by removing the plugs, grounding the plug wires, using a spark tester, removing and grounding the temp sensor wire, and backing it off by 4* total advance? I'm going to either take it to a mechanic to have them set it or do it at the ramp.
I originally took it to the ramp near my house to set it but the tide was too low to run it on the trailer without dunking my truck. Now the boat is at my marina and the ramp is steep and slippery so I'm not too keen about doing it there. I'm not too keen on paying $145 minimum to the mechanic either. Hey we all have to make a living, but I hate having anyone touch my stuff.

You can ONLY set the timing with the engine running. It needs to be fairlyclose to 5K RPM's for it to be accurate. Wot timing will have no bearing on idle timing, so if that is off you will need to set the idle timing. Also keep in mind the fuel mixturemust also be adjusted to get idle speed correct as 95+ has adjustable carbs.