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I have been working on this thing for awhile. i have done the carbs new plugs set the timing new water pump and i still have a hard time getting it to plane out. its on a 16' hydroswift fiberglass and has a prop 13x15. once it get it on a plane she cruzes along. But i can only max the tach at...
I changed my plugs on my 650 merc 65hp from some autolight 303 to some ngk's b7s. The first run on the plugs i noticed that i lost power and it wouldn't reach wot untile it started to plane then the rpm's came up. I haven't had the problem untile then. I gaped the plugs to .025. i checked the...
I have a merc 650 65hp and it was taking longer to come up to speed and pain. If there was to much oil mixed in the gas would it run doggy or just smoke more? I did notice a little smoke trail behind me at wot.
I cant seem to find out what size the bolts are on the connecting rod end caps. They look like it needs a spline socket but what size and were can i find some? I called some places and they dont have them. Thanks
I have a 1965 650 on a 17' hydro swift and i can only reach about 30mph at 2500 rpm on the tach. is this right or should i be getting more speed out of it. i have tried a few things and got it running pretty good now but just can't get any more speed, or rpm out of it. it's kind of slugish...
What kind of ohm meter is needed to check the timing for when the point open. I have a fluke and i cant seem to find when the points open, my meter keeps toning at me and doesn't stop. I can see the read out go from 1 to 2 on the display but thats it. How far should the magneto move from idle to...
i have a 65hp mecury 650 4 cyl is there a way to see if there is fuel in the float bowl without taking it all a part. and is possible for this to run on only one carb on all four cyl. it has a hose that connects to both intakes i wasn't sure if that hose could supply enough fuel to make the...
I was wondering if the wrong spark plugs were in the motor would it cause it to lose power? When i run at full throtal for a minute or so it starts to baug down and lose power then i back off the throtal down to almost an idle and wait a few and then it will go full rpm again for a few min then...
I was wondering if anybody would know what could be wrong. I installed a new water pump complete kit because i couldn't get water to spit out the hole in the back when it's rpms are up. it will pump out untill about half throt and then it quits. I run it wot for a little bit and back off and the...
