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  1. artificialreef

    Merry Christmas, Happy New year and thank you.

    Hi folks, I just wanted to post my wish for a merry christmas and a happy,safe new year to all on this board. Thank you to the moderator and all the knowledgeable people here who go out of their way to help people who may be in over their heads. Thank you for your patience and willingness to...
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    Any carb experts here tonight?

    Hello friends, I am about done with a Rochester 2GC carburetor rebuild and noticed in the instructions some later Rochesters did not have the check ball in the pump base. My carb did not have the check ball or the pump return spring shown in the schematic. I guess my question is should i not...
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    am i melting things?

    Hi folks, still working on my twin 470 resurrection and am real newbie to marine motors. I got 1 running and was not aware that i should change the outdrive oil before running, thought if it wasnt in gear it wasnt turning. Ok so addressed that. Changed the gear lube. Now i get it ideling and...
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    Whats a rental cost in your parts

    Hi friends, got a old aquaintance rolling into town that i want to take out skiing. He let me know he's doing great, (40yo)not married, no kids and made it clear he's pulling down 70g's a year. I wanted to take him out skiing on the indian river lagoon and the st. Lucie river here in stuart and...
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    oildyne trim pump (aluminum reservoir)

    Hello friends, next piece to my stupid gamble. Bought a 83 26ft slickcraft w/a pair of non running 470's, nope did not do a seatrial either (did do a compression test, both good). Does anyone know what the part number (or replacement part #) is to the oildyne trim pump with the aluminum...
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    Real easy question here for the pro's

    Hi folks, i just downloaded sticky 4 and 6 trying to figure out which sterndrive i have. Looks like i have sticky 4. My question is sticky 6 is Alpha 1. Sticky 4 says One drive. My question is, is that what this is called a mercruiser One drive? Is there another name it goes by because it seems...
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    I know $$ will make this go away but...

    Hi again folks, I know i wont get any sympathy for this one, but i am trying to do a low budget resurrection. Pulled a Rochester 2GC carb apart and the phillips screw holding the electric choke to the choke shaft wouldnt come off (stipped out) to complete the carb rebuild. I guess i lost it and...
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    carb help please?

    Hello folks, I have the dreaded mercruiser 470 1983. I am not getting fuel inside the carb so decided to do a rebuild. All the carb id info i can find says the rochester has 2 air fuel mixture screws on the base plate and the mercarb has 1. Heres where it gets messed up. I have the id tab...
  9. artificialreef

    My waverunner is a welder. 92 yam wave 111

    My waverunner has turned into a welder. Last time i took my 1992 wr111 out I went to flush it and it wouldnt stop turning over. I pulled the battery cables and am now trying to figure out where the electrical problem lies. I disconnected every butt splice in the electrical box one component at...
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    92 waverunner 3 electrical trouble

    Hello friends. Well I got my ressurection running. 92 waverunner 3 for 250$. Had 3 great weekends on the water with it. Last outing, I took it home and went to flush it, I started it and it wouldnt stop turning the starter. My first thought when this was going on was the start stop button so I...
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    92 yamaha 650 adjusting the carb (single mikuni sb44)

    Previose post (I am getting tired of pulling this carb)! Ive been trying to tune my 92 beater 650 wave 111 in my driveway with the hose to it for days. Got it cheap and beat up. It has 135lbs compression. I put a brand new off the shelf carb on it and it doesnt seem to have any snappy...
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    Will backfiring Grenade my engines?

    While trying to start a beater I bought that sat for bout 2 to 4 years, I thought the first thing for the motor to do was replace all the fluids and do a points plugs and condenser tune up. I dripped a little oil in each chamber when I changed the plugs. I kind of grew up in the generation just...
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    1983 Tiara continental

    Hello, I just got this beater (1983 26.5 Tiara) with twin 470's on the cheap. Having trouble tuning and timing. Any chance one motor is reverse rotation. Anyone know? Gonna try a dwell meter tomorrow. Just used a feeler gauge for the point gap today and running really rough.
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    Knucklehead

    Hi Don and Bondo, you were right I did have to come back. I am still playing with these twin 470's everybody hates. I got them real cheap strapped to a 26.5 Tiara. I did a compression test before I bought. First motor 145lbs all 4 cylinders. Second motor 135lbs all 4 cylinders. The second motor...
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    Im getting tired of pulling this carb

    I tried to rebuild a mikuni sbn44 on a 92 waverunner 111. Upon first install (after first attempt at carb rebuild) i had no vacuum. Went over the blow up schematic and noticed I didnt put the checkvalves in with the stripe pointing up. I installed a new jet (the one with the removable seat) and...
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    Older Yami Waveiii oil injection or block off

    I just bought a beat yami 92 waveiii (wra650)for 250$. It had starter bolts broken off in the block that I drilled out with diamond bits and an angle dremel. (in about 4 weekends, so I didnt have to pull the motor) I put a new oil pump/lines and check valves in and am not comfortable with the...
  17. artificialreef

    No Love for the Merc 470

    This is a post from another message board. Just forwarding to all the 470 bashers on this board. I see alot of folks telling people to run from this engine. (kind of odd for a Mercruiser message board) I just got a fixer upper boat for peanuts that sat for 2 years and put in a new fuel filter...
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    Anyone here like Mercruiser 470's?

    This being a Merc/Volvo/OMC message board I am surprised to see so many people not happy with Merc 470's. I am sure you will refer me to the link w/the leaky cam seal but mine does not. Are there any boaters here that like this set up like I do. I have twin 470's that provide great torque with...
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    Need I/O help please

    Hello folks. First time boat owner here. I am fairly mechanically and electronically inclined and worked with fiberglass before so decided to purchase a basket case boat. I have good compression on both 4 bangers. The problem I have is one of the outdrives will not go down. I got the mercruiser...
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