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    big knock in engine help

    I,m helping friend with mer cruiser 165 hp the 470 4 cyl I.O. He has a big knock what should be the first thing you should do take compression test and how do you tell what the knock is from. It runs but not that good. any sugestions would be great we are not rich and need to do any work ourselfs .
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    rochester idle mixture adjustment

    I have a mercruiser I.O. 305 chevy 4 barrell I had the carb rebuilt and seems to be running very good and smothe at idle and when I gas it.I was told how to adjust the air mix screw .It does not seem to make much differance if I go in all the way or out all the way I cannot tell the differance...
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    carburator problems

    Can anyone tell me if when the engine is idleing and you are looking down the top at a 4 barrel rochestor if it should be dumping fuel on both sides or is one o.k. My carb dumps little bit of fuel at idle only on port side and when I throttle up it begins to dump into carb but the other side is...
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    carburator question

    I have a 4 barrel rochestor quaddrajet prob 7 years old. I do have oil by pass due to older enging so I really baby my enging chevy 305.I always clean arestor and carb after every trip Yes I am a fanatic. I noticed looking down the carb at idle only the port side of the carb was dumping fuel...
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    mer cruiser # 2 leg

    does anyone have an opinion on a number 2 leg not sure if its a tr or trs maybe there is more I know it has a bogg warner trans and a 454 engine. are they reliable how are they for parts any trouble I should know about I,m thinking of buying a boat with this in it. I will find out exactly which...
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    mercruiser alpha rattle

    Was helping a friend put his outdrive back on today. It is a merc alpha IO .It is probably a late 70,s.Here is the noise .There was a rattle coming out by the small exhaust hole that lets exhaust water out. He said it has always been there. After we shut the engine off I looked up the hole and...
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    mercruiser raw water hose update

    I changed the raw water hose yesterday without taking off the bell housing. I removed the outdrive witch made it alittle easier but just wanted to let anyone know that you can change it from the side with some patient,s atleast on a pre alpha.
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    mercruiser water hose help

    I have a delima that I know someone has changed before. It is the raw water hose that goes from the lower unit to the bell housing it is outside the boat .I have a pre alpha 1979 mercruiser. It looks like it is about a 3/4 size hose. I can see it but was wondering if I have to take off the...
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    Radon Boats

    I would really like to buy one. anyone have one. Any one know of any for sale used and where or who to contact.
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    downriger setup

    just was given my first manual downriger .I tryed once I let my lure out to where I thought was good when I broughtit up it had backed up .I was just using a release clip .Am I suppose to use a rubber band on the line so it stays where I want it .No one has ever showed me how to set up thanks...
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    motor overheating

    I have a 1980 305 chevy IO .I trool the whole day and my motor seems to run at 180 degrees which is fineits when I come into the harborthe tempeture starts to rise.If I turn off the motor and get the trailer bring it up to washget ready to start the temp is always about 205 I start up some steam...
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    rod holder

    I have installed store bought from fishing store . There are alot of diffewrant kinds go into any web site for fishing they almost all sell them.I have used pvc pipe and still do they work but will eventually crack .I recently changed two of them to galvanized pipe just drill in botom put bolt...
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    johnson outboard

    I have a 1997 johnson outboard. 35 hp I just bought it . It seems like after I run it I have dark or black oil like coming out from behind the prop. I have only ran it a total of 20 minutes in driveway.
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