OMC brand points made in Turkey

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  • May 25, 2015 at 1:54 pm #1596
    SCOTT MEYER
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      US Member - 2 Years

      I just got some OMC brand points from Marineengine.com. I was disappointed in the quality. I had to do some tweeting with needle nose pliers to get them squared up and one pair is visually off center by quite a bit. If the original points weren’t pitted so bad I would have cleaned them up and reinstalled them. I noticed "MADE IN TURKEY" on the box and wondered if opium was the root cause of the quality issues 😯 😀 . Seriously, though, I don’t work on these on a daily basis like some here do. I was wondering if anyone else has seen a decline in the quality of these ignition repair parts.

      May 25, 2015 at 2:36 pm #16835
      billw
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        There has been a decline in the quality of everything except Chinese and Russian nuclear warheads. Don’t even get me going on state of the US manufacturing base. But that’s a story for dockside chat.

        Long live American manufacturing!

        May 25, 2015 at 2:58 pm #16836
        Mumbles
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          Turkey has been supplying the points for quite a while now and no, never had an issue with them and I go thru lots of them. Sierra points are the ones that need better quality control.

          I thought I had a misaligned set of OMC/BRP points once until I realized the hold down screw wasn’t snugged up yet.

          Out of curiosity, how much were your points? My dealer raised their price recently to $18.49 each! It’s time to learn how to make modules!

          May 25, 2015 at 5:06 pm #16846
          legendre
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            quote scotty:

            I noticed “MADE IN TURKEY” on the box

            Sigh.. if only we could still get them from Japan.. 😯

            May 25, 2015 at 7:10 pm #16849
            rmhxruss
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              As of 11/11/2014 BRP 580148 retail $11.99 each. OMC did have points made in West Germany for a time.

              May 25, 2015 at 7:51 pm #16851
              jerry-ahrens
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                I always buy the tune up kit that comes with 2 sets of points 2 condensers cam wick and clips. part # 172522. Never had any problems with these. Sierra points are terrible.

                May 27, 2015 at 2:38 am #16998
                SCOTT MEYER
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                  US Member - 2 Years
                  quote Mumbles:

                  Turkey has been supplying the points for quite a while now and no, never had an issue with them and I go thru lots of them. Sierra points are the ones that need better quality control.

                  I thought I had a misaligned set of OMC/BRP points once until I realized the hold down screw wasn’t snugged up yet.

                  Out of curiosity, how much were your points? My dealer raised their price recently to $18.49 each! It’s time to learn how to make modules!

                  $7.69 each for the 580148
                  I don’t normally do repair work for others, but this was for my dad’s fishing buddy. My dad is 83 and his buddy is 90 and a WWII vet so, yeah, this one’s on the house. Maybe I’m being a little more picky because of who I’m doing this for 😉

                  May 27, 2015 at 9:16 am #17009
                  chris-p
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                    At one time, I bought out a dealer, and he had a box of NOS points from the 50s 60s.

                    I sold them off for $4 a set. Now I kick myself in the butt. They were very durable.

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