1988 Mercruiser Rebuild Unknown part

[lymefire18]

The picture attached is not my intake manifold but it has the spot on it that I am referring to. It is where the red arrow is pointing. After putting the motor back together we are missing the part that goes there. In this picture it is just a blank plate but on our intake manifold there are two holes in the middle and tubes that go down into the intake manifold. I cannot remember what goes there. could someone help please and let me know what that part that bolts there is??!!

 

[Bondo]

Re: 1988 Mercruiser Rebuild Unknown part

Ayuh,... My guess is that where the Choke Stove goes...

 

[gofastcrazy]

Re: 1988 Mercruiser Rebuild Unknown part

i agree.

 

[lymefire18]

Re: 1988 Mercruiser Rebuild Unknown part

Any idea what the choke stove looks like. I believe that would make some sense as this is located directly beneath the carb.

 

[Bondo]

Re: 1988 Mercruiser Rebuild Unknown part

Ayuh,... Look in the manuals found Here...

 

[lymefire18]

Re: 1988 Mercruiser Rebuild Unknown part

Thanks a lot! Looking at the carb again I see it has a wire going into the choke... So if this means it's an electric choke?... then I could just block off the spot for the choke stove correct?

 

[haulnazz15]

Re: 1988 Mercruiser Rebuild Unknown part

Should have 2-wires going to the choke shouldn't it?

 

[ECVCHAMP]

Re: 1988 Mercruiser Rebuild Unknown part

Should have 2-wires going to the choke shouldn't it?

No, choke 1 wire

 

[achris]

Re: 1988 Mercruiser Rebuild Unknown part

Should have 2-wires going to the choke shouldn't it?

One purple wire. The other 'wire' is the carb body connection to the engine block, ground...

 

[Silvertip]

Re: 1988 Mercruiser Rebuild Unknown part

Correct. If it were a hot air choke there would be a metal tube in that block-off plate that went to the center of the black choke adjustment disc on the carb. Another type of choke mechanism used a bi-metalic unit that sat in that cavity. A linkage rod went up to the carb. Yours is definitely electric however.

 

[haulnazz15]

Re: 1988 Mercruiser Rebuild Unknown part

One purple wire. The other 'wire' is the carb body connection to the engine block, ground...

That's what the second wire is then, I was sure I had two wires going to it.

 

[achris]

Re: 1988 Mercruiser Rebuild Unknown part

That's what the second wire is then, I was sure I had two wires going to it.

Some engine did have a second wire, a black one. It was screwed to the body of the electric choke unit as a ground... It was dropped later as redundant...

Chris........

 

[lymefire18]

Re: 1988 Mercruiser Rebuild Unknown part

Okay this is making much more sense now. I have the purple and black wire... However there is a third wire and I don't know where it goes... Could it have possibly been part of the old setup?

 

[achris]

Re: 1988 Mercruiser Rebuild Unknown part

Okay this is making much more sense now. I have the purple and black wire... However there is a third wire and I don't know where it goes... Could it have possibly been part of the old setup?

What colour?

 

[lymefire18]

Re: 1988 Mercruiser Rebuild Unknown part

I'm pretty sure it's white... I'd have to look again at it to make sure but it may have a colored stripe on it as well.... It is the same length as the other two wires that go to the choke.

 

[lymefire18]

Re: 1988 Mercruiser Rebuild Unknown part

The extra wire is brown... Comes from the same spot as the wires for the electric carb and it's about the same length