wiwrestler
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I recently purchased a 1983 four winns marquise 180 with a Merc MCM140 181 CID engine. The previous owner metioned it needed a tune up and had been in storage for the past 3 years. Before purchasing the boat ran fine on and off multiple times. Took it home and ran no problem. a few weeks later i try to start it and no luck. I decided to pull the carb because the thing was dumping large amounts of fuel into the motor, as well as leaking fuel outside the carb and everything on the carb seemed dirty, sticky and in need of a rebuild. to my surprise I found the carb has been modified in order to fit the engine bolt pattern. see attached pics. has anyone ran into this before? It looks like someone cut the outside of the bolt flange on the carb and filled it with some sort of hardened filler so the bolts could hold this carb. any guidence on which route to go is much appreciated. I plan on bringing this carb to the dealer, hopefully they might know something about this.
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