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    Volvo series 30,40,D4 V-Clamp size

    Does anyone know what size of V-Clamp the 30,40,D4 engines use ? I tried measuring mine, but I don't know if I was sent the wrong part or I don't know how to measure correctly as the clamp was much too large.
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    Mystery part

    Hi, could someone help me solve this puzzle? I have this part in my carburetor rebuild kit (6HP RLETB, '93) and it sure looks like it fits in where shown, but it is not on the parts schematic on **********. Does this part belong with the carb? The screw is listed as an idle screw, but I don't...
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    Building a cabin on a 20' open boat.

    Just a picture of the cabin I built on a 20' open boat. The cabin is 5.5' long, 5.5' high, and 6' wide. It's for cruising in the raining and nasty pacific northwest weather.
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    Learning about switchboxes

    Hello, I have a 1978 Mercury 900. S/N 5138059. I'm trying to figure out why I have no spark, and I have read the CDI testing proceedure outlines here on the site. I didn't make it very far in testing before it started raining and I had to cover up my motor with the tarp. But here is my...
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    Carb kit for '56 Evinrude

    Does anyone know where I can find the carb kit for a '56-'55 Evinrude 15? I also need the float, but the iboats store doesn't show this as being available. Can I use a different model year?
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    Crazy things to do with a 1954 15 Evinrude

    In the 90's my friend had a 36' ex ww2 landing craft that had been converted a long time ago into a sort of floating home. My friend bought this for $100 or won it in a card game or some such thing. He enjoyed living at the harbor, but the harbor department had different thoughts about this...
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    1950's engine cover / pan - replace w/later model

    I have a 1950's model 15HP, Fleetwin I think it's called (My 4th - In 18 years I've owned 4 of these same year/model motors from Alaska to Oregon to California - if that says anything about them) This particular motor has the engine cover mounts broken. This is the motor with the cover that...
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    Parts for pre 1960 Evinrude

    Does anyone know where I can find parts for my 1955 15HP? There is a link at this site, but it only goes back to 1968 year models! I need to overhaul this engine, and I know some of these things are easy to find such as coils, but I need other parts as well. Is there someplace to cross...
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    Shifter cable and shift mechanism

    I am working on a 1978 90 Merc, that I've taken off 16' Starcraft and I am putting it on a 21' Wellcraft. Not liking the Merc shifter and decided to keep the shifter already on the Wellcraft. I no longer have that shifter, and I'm trying to hook up the one on the boat. I bought the conversion...
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    A fuel pump puzzle

    Dear readers, I have created a puzzle for anyone to try and solve. Please see attached pictures and try to match part 'A' with either part '1' or '2'. That is my attempt above to save face and not admit I deleted the pictures I took before I removed my fuel pump and no longer have any idea how...
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    Mystery part

    I can't find this part in my manual or on mercruiser parts.com. Anyone know what it is, and more specifically where I can find a replacement? The blue cylinder thing is the mysterious part.
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    20' Wellcraft and 90hp Merc

    Hello, I have a Wellcraft v20 (20'6") and a '78 90hp Merc. I have no idea what prop is currently on the motor (it came from a 16' Starcraft Trihull). What propeller would be a good start to try out with this boat? The boat weighs 1920lbs, and loaded, perhaps 2400lbs. If loaded for a long trip I...
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    Replace mechanical fuel pump with electric

    Hello, I have a 90 Merc, '78 vintage, and it's a nice looking motor, only fresh water use, but it's sat a long time and many of it's parts need replacing. All the electrical wiring insulation is crumbling away. Upon taking apart the fuel pump, I found the hoses stiff as iron pipe and that they...
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    Honda 8 - Replaced impeller, left the old one in there

    Hello, I purchased a used Honda 8, and never having run a Honda before, I wasn't sure what to expect to see out of the pee hole. I got the thing a couple miles from the harbor and the water stream completely stopped, smoke coming out the hole, which was fine as this was it's test cruise...
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    Weight

    Does anyone know how much a v20 steplift weighs? Thanks!
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    Fuel economy

    I have a 20' Wellcraft, a heavier V-hull, and a 90hp Merc. Right now I am planning an extended voyage with this boat, of several hundred miles, and I am trying to figure out some performance numbers on the boat. I read in other posts that gph is 10% of hp. So, for a 90, this would be 9gph @...
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    mystery part

    I have just pulled what I thought was the fuel pump off my Merc 900, however in looking at the SELOC manual I have, there is nothing in the fuel pump section that even looks like my part, or shows the fuel pump to be located where my part was. My mystery part was attached to the engine tray...
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