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    Tilt/Trim pressure guage reads "way too much pressure"?

    It's an old 72 Mercruiser; i just got the boat after it had been sitting a while, and the fluid reservoir was empty. I filled the reservoir with appropriate fluid, tested the trim/tilt and it worked fine; it raised and lowered, it sounded good when i noticed a hydraulic line going to one of the...
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    72 Mercruiser upper drive rattle

    I just purchased this boat as a "not running" project. It's a 72 mercruiser with the rare merctrans II transmission on the inside of the transom, mounted to the 302 ford engine. After checking all of the oil, fluid, and greasing the fittings and getting the engine started, i noticed a rattle or...
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    Mercruiser 225 foaming at the mouth, HELP!

    I recently aquired an early 70's Sea Ray SRV220, with the 225HP Mercruiser. The vessel had sat in the weather with no cover for the last 5 years. I managed to get the engine running today, and noticed water gushing from a missing freeze plug; i fixed the freeze plug and started it up again. It...
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