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    Question on possible top speed

    Helping a buddy find a boat and we are looking at a 1991 Maxum 2100 SR with 4.3 mercruiser . This is his first boat and we know it will not be a lake rocket but what speed can we realistically expect. Not sure if it is 2 or 4 barrel,,i assume whatever was stock.I believe i saw a 21 pitch prop on...
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    2008 suzuki 9.9 four stroke wont start

    Trying to help a buddy out with his motor,08 4 stroke 9.9 hp carb. Motor will start sometimes and run crappy,,so I cleaned carb,did not really find any thing. so I pulled off what is called the starter assembly,looks like a solenoid mounted on top of carb. i energized it with 12 volts and it did...
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    What would thickest trim fluid be.

    I am working on a older Evinrude w trim/tilt and I was was wondering what would be the thickest trim fluid that I could use..When I got it the motor was stuck in the up position. Tore the whole hydraulic unit down,,found a little crud but nothing major. But,,someone before must of clamped vise...
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    No spark #1 cyl 85 hp,,how to tie into 2nd powerpak

    Working on a buddys 1988 85 hp force,there is no spark on #1 cyl. Have tested coil,stator checks out,triggers check out, have narrowed it down to 1st powerpak. i want to tie into the 2nd half of the 2nd powerpak,,I am told that this is done quite frequently. My question is,what is the best...
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    Can I do this w/powerpak,,85 Force

    Trying to help out my future nephew in law(next week that is) he brought me a 1988 Force 85 hp on bayliner boat. They said it was doing ok then next trip out is started acting up, then would not start. Compression is good,,had fouled plug on #3 so I cleaned all plugs,,now i have no spark on #1...
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    Will bad VRO pump set off vaccum buzzer

    We are trying to track down a problem in my buddys boat,motor is 1986 GT 150. The vaccum switch is going off at higher speeds,,deffinetly is the vaccum switch. It just seems to run out of gas in filter. If the pump was that strong that it is drawing that much vaccum,,would it not be drawing...
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    Can we swap vro's 1994-120hp to 1986 -150 hp

    My buddy is having some fuel problems with his 150 hp,which we believe to be in the fuel pump. can we use a pump off my 1994 120 hp,,would these pumps have the same capacity. Wont need my boat for a few weeks so it would get him boatin till we get parts.
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    Anyone out there with 150 hp John/Rude approx 1986

    We are trying to track down a problem with my buddys 150 hp johnson,1986 model. we are getting a buzzer and have ruled out heat and oil buzzer. What I need to know is,,on port side of motor ,above solenoid,there is the fuel vaccum switch,,has a small black hose that t's into main fuel line. I...
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    Cant figure out why buzzer still going off

    Motor is 1986 Johnson GT 150,,,vro is bypassed,,pump wires unplugged. My buddy had it out today and it started beeping and he said it accelerated beeping as he sped up . He unhooked both overheat wires on heads but no difference. We thought it might be low fuel pressure,but we are pretty sure...
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    Would vaccum switch cause beeping,,1986 GT 150

    Been helping a buddy out with his boat but now we have a beeping,,approx every 1 second,,after we hit approx 25-30 mph,,not sure on rpm,tach not working. The vro is unhooked,,but we might have a wire screwed up on the vaccum switch. What is the purpose of this switch,,do we need it or can we...
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    Can we run w/out voltage regulator for weekend GT 150

    We are in need of a voltage rectifier for my buddys 1986 GT 150 but are in the process of ordering one,wont be here till next week. I read,on this site I believe,that we can run with the regulator unhooked and taped off,,is this Ok to do or could we do other damage to motor. It makes sense to...
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    What should voltage be GT 150

    Trying to help a buddy out getting his boat back up and running,,motor is a 1986 Johnson GT 150. he overheated the motor and burnt up the voltage regulator but picked one up on e bay,,did not think it was worth the price of new. Now the tach is not working,and when running the boat at top end...
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    Would this work for tachometer

    Trying to help my buddy with his motor but we have a dead tach. Motor is a 1986 Johnson GT 150. Pretty sure there is no feed from voltage regulator. Motor runs fine,all cyls working good. We hooked up a old dwell/tach gague on the grey lead on terminal block on his motor,with the black going to...
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    How to set adjustment screws,,1951 Johnson

    Just cleaned a carb on a buddys 1951 35hp johnson but I ned to know about where to set the 2 knobs on the front of the motor. The top knob is smaller,and the bottom knob is the larger of the 2. What do these control,,will they affect idle,,it seems a bit rough now.
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    Need advice,120 hp trim sender unit

    Working on my nephews boat and we need the trim sending unit,1994 Evinrude 120 hp. I looked at one on e bay but the gentlemen said that it would not work that I need one specific to a looper. new is 100 bucks so we would like to find a good used one. is this true about the looper,it looks like...
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