LennyVidiVici
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- Aug 3, 2015
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Hey everyone, I'm totally new to the boating world coming from the hot-rod world.
A little background:I picked up an older boat for cheap and I'm navigating my way around the engine. It is what I believe to be a 1979 Mercury 1150 with what I believe is referred to as CDI (no distributor). I fixed a wiring issue, and can now start and run it with the key if I play with the throttle. If I go below 1/4 throttle or so with the throttle only button pushed in it dies. My idle control box had a wrecked red wire so I soldered a new one the best I can, but I'm not sure it's working. I am running new premium gas with 50:1 mixture, and I blasted everything with carb cleaner through the fuel line earlier. It seems to run better with the "choke" enrichment solenoid disconnected too.
The questions I have (for now)-
- Can I just adjust the throttle cable so it runs in neutral? I would estimate it running below 1000 RPM judging by the sound when it dies.
- What is the best (in the $20ish range) manual for this type of engine? I can't seem to find the date code on the engine, but can go nuts looking for it if they are that different year to year.
-I'm supposed to have one of these in each carb right? What are they, air bleeds?
A little background:I picked up an older boat for cheap and I'm navigating my way around the engine. It is what I believe to be a 1979 Mercury 1150 with what I believe is referred to as CDI (no distributor). I fixed a wiring issue, and can now start and run it with the key if I play with the throttle. If I go below 1/4 throttle or so with the throttle only button pushed in it dies. My idle control box had a wrecked red wire so I soldered a new one the best I can, but I'm not sure it's working. I am running new premium gas with 50:1 mixture, and I blasted everything with carb cleaner through the fuel line earlier. It seems to run better with the "choke" enrichment solenoid disconnected too.
The questions I have (for now)-
- Can I just adjust the throttle cable so it runs in neutral? I would estimate it running below 1000 RPM judging by the sound when it dies.
- What is the best (in the $20ish range) manual for this type of engine? I can't seem to find the date code on the engine, but can go nuts looking for it if they are that different year to year.
-I'm supposed to have one of these in each carb right? What are they, air bleeds?