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    Advice on how to bend fuel filler hose??

    I’ll look into some metal bends, the span is only 3 ft long so my options are limited in terms of routes. Thank you for the quick response
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    Advice on how to bend fuel filler hose??

    Any recommendations on how to bend 2” OD rubber fuel fill hose? I need to make a sharp 90 degree bend starting at my fill hole, and a 45 at the tank. I bent a piece of metal pipe to my desired shape and pushed it through the hose, then tried soaking it in warm water in a bath tub for about a...
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    1988 Mercury outboard won’t trim up or down

    Thank you for your response. I was able to get the motor in with a long 5mm Alan attachment to get to the rear mounting screw, however it was quite a pain to do. I will look into removing the transom bracket, hopefully I can get some more leverage and yank the motor out of there to see how it’s...
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    1988 Mercury outboard won’t trim up or down

    I recently bought a bass boat with a 1988 Mercury outboard. The trim motor was junk so I went out, bought a new one, installed it, and refilled the system with oil until it came out of the bleed hole in front of the trim motor. However, the hydraulic ram won’t trim up or down. I can lift the...
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    I recently bought a boat with a 1988 Mercury outboard. The trim motor was junk so I went out...

    I recently bought a boat with a 1988 Mercury outboard. The trim motor was junk so I went out, bought a new one, installed it, and refilled the system with hydraulic fluid, but the hydraulic ram won’t move when trimming up or down. I can hear the motor humming so I would have to assume it’s a...
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