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    1980 mercury 150 serial number?

    thanks for looking. I have this 150 that I can not seem to find the right serial number for. The transom tag is 5341818 and comes back as what my title says 1980 mercury 150. If i use that number to buy parts every where says it is not a good number. So there is alot of different numbers on the...
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    carb/ engine not running right ?

    Im new to boating and have learned a lot from iboats and appreciate all the help. I have also learned a lot about my 78 200 v6 evin witch I have all the kinks worked out from either neglect or previous owner stupidity. One thing I have recently found out was make sure your fuel lines are in good...
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    1978 200 evinrude tach help

    1978 200 evinrude. I had an omc tach that didn't seem to work properly. 86 charger ski boat. tach wouldn't go over 4200. the motor runs great. she screams witch scares me cause I know the tach is wrong so I keep the revs down. was given a 8000 rpm tach from a guy I bought a prop from. hooked it...
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    will shift rod interchange 78 evinrude lower unit

    I bought a 1978 200 v6 evinrude that had a small gear case on it. I am goingto put the big gear case back on it. the shift rod on mine is the same from 76-78 hich has threads on the top of the shift rod. 1979- ? have a solid rod and thread at the bottom. they all appear to be the same other than...
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    buying stainless prop what pitch should it be

    I have an 86 charger high sides heavy boat. it has an 78 200 v6evinrude. I am currently running an aluminum 13 x 19 prop. this thing shoots out of the hole and on plane quick wot rpm 5400. its seems that between 4700 and 5400 rpm there isn't much mph change. I pull tubers but also like to run...
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    motor starts when i dissconnect main engine harness and jump starter

    disconnect harness jump start it fires. connect harness turn key crank crank crank. put in a new ignition switch same thing. any ideas
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    motor starts when i dissconnect main engine harness and jump starter

    disconnect harness jump start it fires. connect harness turn key crank crank crank. put in a new ignition switch same thing. any ideas
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