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    First time out with new outboard need prop change

    I have a 24' Monark pontoon with three adults on most outings, I just put a 2000 Mercury 90 HP tracker 2 stroke, I purchased with a 12 3/4 X 21 Michigan wheel Vortex aluminum prop it would run 20mph at 4300 to 4500 on tach, range for the motor should be 5000 - 5500 I would like to see some more...
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    New to me 2000 Mercury Tracker 90 HP questions

    I just recently purchased a 200 mercury tracker 90 hp outboard I have a couple of questions if someone could help 1 what is the hose in the picture coming from the cylinder head in the picture it goes up through the bracket and then it was hanging inside the bottom cowling. It is not the pee...
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    Need help maybe from Don but might have been someone else

    Don I think it was you, but might have been someone else, that had put a link up to a really good site that had the ability to look up your mercury or mariner outboard by size and ser no and it had full expanded views of assemblies with part numbers. my computer recently crashed and I lost all...
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    I'm stuck, sterndrive from bellhousing

    I've found enough info I felt comfortable with starting so I disconnected the trim cylindars but the drive unit appears to be stuck to the bellhousing any suggestions on how to get the two apart without causing any damage? :confused: and I didn't mention it but yes the six lock nuts are also...
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    Best book for this repair

    I have a Alpha drive unit and I've not done much other than change a impeller which I've done before on my pontoon boat but NOW I have a leak from the bellows area and need to get things down to that so I can replace them ( they are all very old so I plan to change all of them) I just don't...
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    Bimini top question

    Ok I see they make tops for bow rider runabouts. How fast can you go before you need to take the top down?
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    ski selection question

    I've got a son that is 15yo 6' and 140lbs, I'm 180 and I'm also 46yo. I skied when I was in my 20s and always used whatever the boat owner threw at me and told me to put on but now we have a boat that can pull a skier (well soon we are almost ready to take it to the lake) I would like to get a...
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    Carburetor/intake and engine mismatch?

    The mercruiser I have is a 2.5L 1988 in a 1991 boat, well I decided not to try and rebuild the carburetor that was in the boat but not on the engine (it is in REALLY bad shape) so I looked up the engine using the ser # and ordered a carburetor it comes in and I check it's fit and realise that...
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    mercruiser cooling water question

    I've got a boat that I'm restoring to operational status never had a I/O before. So on an outboard you have the pee hole how do you know if you have water circulating properly on this little 2.5L? As I understand it I have a impeller in the drive unit that pumps the water up to the top and...
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    Lower unit tool?

    I need to work on the lower unit and there are tools to easily and properly remove the retainer. So in my manual it does not identify which one is which. Maybe someone can tell me the tool # for the 50hp Mariner 3cyl. I looked in the marine store on here and couldn't get the search to turn up...
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    1991 Glasstream 180SE restoration

    Ok it wouldn't have been my first choice but when a buddy calls up and says FREE boat and the hull looks decent I'm thinking good summer project for my son and I and if it turns out to be a bust, there is not much money tied up in it. These are the before I touched anything pics I just pulled...
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    50HP Mariner cooling poblem

    This is probably going to be simple I'm sure that someone has seen this before, 50hp 3cyl Mariner, new impeller, checked all passage ways with air and water to make sure nothing is blocked. water is going in and comming out the exhaust but not comming out the pee tube. checked the hose from...
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    Got my Mercruiser ser # size, hp year?

    OK thanks for the help on locating the ser # tag now that I have it I'm trying to figure out what the size, HP, year etc so that when I start working on this thing I can be sure I'm getting the right parts, since it is not running. If someone could help be decipher the ser # below B831098, it...
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    identifying my drive unit?

    Ok so my pontoon boat has a outboard and I got the serial # off of it to identify it for parts ordering. Well I just acquired a boat that I'm going to restore, so where on the engine or drive unit is the serial # so I can identify it for parts ordering on a mercruiser?
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    50hp Mariner won't run question

    Ok so we originally thought that it was a spark problem but we ruled that out, strong spark, then after trying to get it started I noticed there was some fuel under the carbs in one of the pockets on the bracket. We did a compression check with the top cyl at 120 and the bottom 2 at 122. It...
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    Need new water pump, have serial # but...

    I need a new water pump impellar but when I take the serial # to the parts page where they are listed I can't seem to figure out how to transfer that # over to the lookup chart. http://www.iboats.com/Mariner-Impellers/dm/view_id.269210 If someone could explain how or what I'm doing wrong I...
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