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    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    looking the Owners Manual... It appear there is some control of the Headlights on the Turn Signal Switch, but an On/Off only is when the car is not running, If running, the Headlamps can be shut off in Park, but the moment it is shifted out of Park the Headlamps come on. As for a Switch for...
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    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    I don't even know how to turn the Headlights on on the Car. There is no switch on the dash, however, normal mode of Operation, is Auto-on, but when dawn arrives, it switches to the LED DRLs up front, then back to Headlights at Twilight.
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    New Stuff on Vehicles likes/dislikes

    An Update. 3yrs later, the Disabler still works fine, but it does cause the charging system to refuse to fully charge the battery. My battery, well the car's, has a State of Health, of 94% but a State of Charge of 47%. It has been that way ever since I installed the disabler, and has never...
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    K&N air filters......yay or nay ?

    I want my engines to last, so no bloody way would I ever use one of those pieces of cr**
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    Questions about the set up of a Holley 4160 on a 4.3 V6

    What does Holley specify?
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    Any Ideas How to Get a Stubborn lower unit screw out:1990 15Hp

    An Impact Screw Driver, however finding a Slotted Head large might be a challenge
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    Proper way to set points.

    It helps to know what engine you are working on
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    Questions about the set up of a Holley 4160 on a 4.3 V6

    If you are pushing upwards on the Rod, you are opening the throttle
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    Ethanol!

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    96 Mercury 4cyl 2 stroke oil injection

    IF one cylinder/piston got Hot enough to be nuked, the ones next it also likely suffered some Damage... It may have been a Cooling problem, but since the OP hasn't revealed what 4 Cylinder design it was, there is some lack of Context. The 4 Cylinder Direct Charge Blocks had 2 Carbs, so a lean...
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    96 Mercury 4cyl 2 stroke oil injection

    Possibly cheaper to find a used Motor, but you could end up with someone else's problem. Rebuilding yours, you would also need to find out why it lost that Cylinder, or else the rebuild is likely to end up the same. Have you used a Borescope to look in the Cylinders, or pulled the Exhaust Cover...
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    1986 Johnson 30hp - Vacuum lines and throttle control rod

    That collar on the Linkage is the Fuel Saver. It allows full Advance of the timing, along with almost completely closed Throttle Valve. OMC has used that linkage since the late 1950s, and the adjustment procedure hasn't changed
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    What parts from a ‘77 Evinrude 85 are interchangeable with a ‘73 Evinrude 115?

    There is more to a Fuel Delivery Curve, than just the Jets. Are you just swapping the Bowls, or are you putting the 115 carbs on the 85hp, or vise-versa. While the both carbs use the same Gasket(rebuild) Kit, their are a lot of Differences.
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    What parts from a ‘77 Evinrude 85 are interchangeable with a ‘73 Evinrude 115?

    The Carbs on a 73 115hp are larger than the carbs on a 77 85hp, as the 115 has about 8-9% more displacement than the 85, and have a different Fuel Delivery Curve, based on the expected airflow, which will degrade the overall Boating Experience. Instead of a motor that responds to the Throttle...
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    50 looper vs 85 crossflow

    Myself, that balance would be a nice late 80s merc 135 or 150 V6. 65hp merc running 1/2 hour on 6 gallons is about what my dads 1963 40hp Johnson burned, on a 14ft boat
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