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Yesterday I ran decarb though my motor yesterday and I when I got home I was doing work on the motor and discover that the trigger wire was melted( thats was why I had a misfire I suspect!) after trying to repair the wire noticed that I did more harm then good and I need to replace it.
My...
I am the owner of a 1987 mercury 35hp.
Question 1# why does this motor come for the factory with no thermostat but it has the housing and guts for a thermostat?
Question 2# dealer did to compression check and it was 160 and 162 is this high??
Queston 3# Is this the same block as a 40 if so...
Looks like I may have enough money to repower the boat. I am looking for a 50hp for my bay boat. I think every one makes a ok motor today but what should I get? Motors cost so much more then they used to and requrire a lot more maintace then they used to. I would perfer something I can winterize...
I have never had luck finding a reliable boat mechanic. My boats always seem to come home with more problems then it when in with. So now I do all my own work. So when I bought a new boat (used boat but new to me) last year that jest had service done I should have checked it myself. I had all...
Hi I have a 1986 mercury 35hp. I am resealing my lower unit do to black nasty fluid I found in when I winterized it. I took it out one last time for and hour with fresh gear fluid and it was white so I bought a seal kit for it. I have replace all the other seals now have to install now it the...
I have a 35 hp 1986 Mercury outboard. I jest bought this boat this spring I have no idea about any service that has may or my not have been done on it. All I know I was told it has a new water pump and starter. I rebuilt the carb and soaked it in carb dip for a day and replace all fuel lines and...
I have a half way restored 1972 grady white. I had a 90 20 in shaft mercury on it but I replaced it with a 150 johnson 25 in shaft. now when I go high speed the motor pushes water in to the boat. what can I do to make this work? I think the shaft it to long
I am having a problem finding my vin on my motor. The plate has fallen off. is there anyway esle to find the vin on this motor. I think it is a 1986 it is a cross flow motor and it look like from that point in time. my other question was my motor had ql16v plugs in it and it should have had...
My girlfriends mother has a mercury 25. when she starts it iit takes a long time for water to come out it. when reved up no water comes out. she claims that the motor only pump water out when it needed it in that model. is it me or does she neededs a water pump? She is also the only who put no...
I just put a johnson 150 on my boat. I was looking over the wiring trying to find out why it wouldn't crank when I touched to wires together now I have no power trim and no power choke what did I fry. The batt is good? I think I didn't plug in start in gear protection wires what did I do wrong...
I have a 1985 mercury 90 tower of power. It has come time to eather put money in to it or dump it. if I got a newer 2 stroke not dfi or 4 stroke would it bet better on gas then my 6 cylender crow flow 2 stroke?
I have a 1985 90hp mercury. I did a compression check the other day and it was as fallows 1# 120 2#90 3#120 4#110 5#100 6#105 I also here a small amount of noise from the crank in one of the cylender but it is not bad. I have decarbs this motor before the compression check too. I was told this...
I have a 1985 90hp mercury inline 6 and I was wondering if it is time to replace it. It runs great but it loves gas. I was told all 2 stroke in this hp range get the same gph. are newer 2 strokes alot better on gas and would they be more powerful. I was a told that old mercury were not measured...
