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  1. baconbiscut

    My 20hp Mercury Video

    I figured I would post a video of my 1968 20hp Mercury with ohhh about 15 hrs on it now. the video isn't long but here it is plus the engine is a little to trimmed out. It's still to scarry to punch it and hold the throttle down it gets to unstable. Dan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8267JGx1n2Y
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    20hp starting

    My 1968 Mercury with 11 hrs on it still has original spark plugs and all original equipment but it takes for pulls to start after its been sitting for a week. Heres my starting procedure and it works every time. Turn throttle to start put choke on pull cord twice then turn choke off pull once...
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    1968 Mercury 20hp (11hrs old)

    here is the story behind this motor. I got it from my uncle today in the mail its 11 hrs old and hasn't been run In 15 years. si i get it put it on the stand and connect a fuel line mixed at 24 to 1 just to be safe since it had been sitting. I looked under the cowl and everything was new looking...
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    Werker Batteries

    We bought some batteries for our boat back in august from a battery plus store. Both batteries produce 980 CCA amps each. anyway the brand was Werker we could have got a set of trojan batteries but we had to special order them and they were really exspensive. Anyway these bateries are non...
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    Powerhead Removal

    I have a clogged water passage in my 1963 20hp Mercury. the only way to diagnose the problem is for me to remove the powerhead. And I'm not sure of the porper procedure to remove the powerhead on this motor and since i have heard these mercs are tricky to work on and i was wondering if anyone...
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    Replaced water pump but no water coming out.

    I recently replaced my impeller in my 1963 20hp mercury. after some work with the ignition system I got it fire up and it ran really nice smooth. But no water coming out of the hole so i shut it off. Now i'm guesing that some thing is clogged up restricting water flow. recently I did flush it...
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    update on 20hp thread repair and waterpump change

    Well I don't know if anyone remembers but I had a waterpump issue and stripped spark plug hole issue. On my 1963 20hp Mercury. My friend and i were able to change our first waterpump thanks to Laddies and the schematic he gave me. The next problem I had with it was a stripped sparkplug hole...
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    Heli-coil on cylinder head

    When I was trying to start my 1963 20hp Mercury that I recently bought I heard a loud pop and then some smoke. So I lifted the hood off and sure enough I blew the bottom spark plug out of the cylinder head. So i'm guessing that the bottom cylinder head was stripped some time ago by the owner...
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    20hp Mercury

    My 1963 mercury has a shift lever on it and it says push up to start and warm-up. Well pushing the lever up means i'm in forward. Now why would mercury say put it in gear to start or is there something i'm not getting here. And if not what am i missing and why this doesn't make since. Thanks,Dan
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    Removing lower unit

    I finally figured out what year engine I have. It's a 1964 Mercury 200 20HP. i got it to run in a bucket and it ran alright the points probably need to be sanded and gapped. Well i'm an OMC guy and i'm not use to the whole Mercury thing and I wanted to get some info. While running in the bucket...
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    Changing Waterpump on 20hp

    just recently I bought a 20 HP Mercury off of ebay year 1963-1965 i'm not really sure yet. Anyway i heard that these engines are tricky to work on as far as replacing replacing the waterpump goes. what do I have to do to replace the waterpump on this engine Thanks, Dan
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    Vintage Formula Parts

    Howdy all our boat has been in the fiberglass shop getting some work done after it had fallen off the lift and smashed up against the neighbors dock. There are two holes along the starboard side getting repaired and a chunk is missing off the back of a planing chine on the bottom of the boat...
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    Power Head Good Deal?

    I found this ebay# 360022673321. It's a 1955 5.5 HP Johnson Powerhead. I really only need it for the cylinder head but I then thought, Hey why not just get the whole darn thing. That way I i ever have mechanical failure I can swap ignition componets and carb and I'd be back in buisness. Well I...
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    Rough Running & Cutting Off

    I'm usin a friends boat for a few weeks because our boat is in the shop for fiberglass work. Anyway it was nice of our friend to let us his 23ft John Allmand. Anyways it has 225 HP 2 stroke Fuel Injected suzuki. This morning I went out to go fishing and i started it up. i was about 50 degrees...
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    John Allmand Boats

    Does anybody know anything about these boats. My grandfathers friend has a boat that I was using and looks like it was made By John Allmand Because of its hard top. Any imformation or pics would be great. Thanks Dan
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    Replacing Gas Gauge

    I'm fed up with my stupid gas gauge. It does not read correctly and I never really know hgow much gas I have. If I fill up with a full tank it says I have half a tank then when I get on plane it says I have a full tank. Once the boat finally levels off it says I have 3/4 of a tank. Would...
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    Buying older Over Newer

    Is buying older beter than buying newer? I know this question depends on many factors. But lets just say that your on Ebay and your looking for a 15 hp two stroke. You find the perfect one, lets say a 2004 15 hp johnson but it has a buy it now price of 1,300$. Disapointed you keep searching for...
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    Buying A Trailer

    Well we finally decided to buy a trailer for our boat. We have a Formula F-25 PC its about 27ft long with the bow pulpit and swim platform. It has a displacement of about 7000lbs. What would be a good trailer for this thing. Some websites would be great to. Thanks, Dan
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    Tiny Tach

    I have heard many good things about these things and would like to get one for my outboard. I have a 1955 5.5 hp johnson. I am also getting a 20 hp mercury. They don't seem to make them for twin cylinder engines is there any place where I can get one for twin cylinder engines. Thanks, Dan
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    Cylinder head swap

    Hi I have a 1955 5.5 hp johnson. I was wondering would I be able to put a Cylinder head on it from a 1963 5.5 hp johnson. And if not what model year heads will work on my engine. Thanks, Dan
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