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    mercury 9.9 2 stoke won't idle.... turns out it was the reed valve

    1990 mercury 9.9 2 stroke won't idle the title says it all, this started as a question regarding setting a float but thought what I went thru might help others... "while the outboard runs, it doesn't want to idle down to normal levels and stalls unless you activate the enrichment circuit or...
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    how to determine float height 1990 mercury 9.9 2 stroke

    I see from the manual its supposed to be 1" but the measurement is from where to where???? In most vehicles I have dealt with the measurement is from the side/lip of the carb where the bowl attaches, but, I have this answer from the forum, could someone expound on it? "measurement for float...
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    pinned shift cable gen 2.... anyway to adjust?

    hey guys so I read all about how to adjust the shift cable on my boat, then when I go to do it the adjustment barrel o the lower cable is pinned... WTF. its off aprox 7/16 of an inch (5+9/16" when its supposed to be 6"). Is there anyway to adjust it? I did read on here how some guy just...
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    9.9 merc which way does float go in carburetor

    like the title says, which way does float go in carburetor or does it even matter? this is my dads motor, from somewhere around 1990, mercury, 9.9 2 stroke... there were some problems with it a few years back and instead of rebuilding the carb we replaced it with a brand new one... then last...
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    defective distributor caps?

    I replaced the cap and rotor on my searay over the winter and first time out on the lake it seems to idle fine, but when I added throttle after the engine is plenty warm it bogs and coughs a little, feathering in the throttle it takes off and seems to run fine. when I shut is off and try and...
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    book values... how accurate are prices?

    Hey guys I am thinking of selling my boat, I am wondering how close the value is compared to the book, they say its around 5500, which sounds high, I would have guessed 4500, no salt water use, interior about a 6-7, not sun beat or stinky, just used couple of small tears. additional question...
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    outdrive... glue in gasket and o-rings?

    I have to pull the outdrive on my boat and its the 1st time doing it myself, do the o-rings and rubber gasket have to be glued in? or can they just be held in place with grease. 1995 searay 195 4.3 alpha 1 gen 2
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    pitot tube on alpha gen 2

    hey guys my speedometer has not worked in years... ever since running over that scrap of 2x4 floating on the lake. when I pulled the boat there was a small piece of wood stuck in the hole / pitot tube? I tried the drill bit trick which did not help. the question: what is in there? is there some...
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    winterizing mercruiser 470 advice

    hey guys for the 1st time I am winterizing a mecruiser 470, (closed water cooling) the antifeeze checked ok, other than the water side of the heat exchanger is there anything else to drain? the pipe in the power steering cooler seemed to be going downhill so I didn't add any rv. am I missing...
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