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    Honda 90 fusible link ?

    my brother & i installed a perko switch on his honda 90 outboard motor mounted on a 17.5 lowe deep v alum boat i believe it is a 2007 model and did not get the info off the motor yesterday but my question may be obvious enough for an accurate answer as we were preparing to wiring it up the...
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    top speed ?

    i have a 1969 sea ray sv70 16' tri-hull with a smooth hull w no major damage and only a couple of small scrapes which i have filled and sanded flush and smooth,my main power is a 1977 115 mercury I6 that has been rebuilt with approx. 12 hours on it. It sat for a while so the carbs were...
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    tachometer wire question

    i have posted a couple of questions about my tach got one answered and the other i figured out finally now for the next one lol. I was not getting a signal at my remote and after consultinf the seloc book i moved the brown wire from my switch box to the rectifier and am now getting a signal and...
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    backdraft carb

    i have a 1977 merc 115 i6 thunderbolt ign. engine with the backdraft ( backdrag ) carburators i have been cruising posts and a lot of people suggest replacing the cross over tubes on the carbs economizer system and blocking the tube with a .177 bb as this will keep from ruining the engine as...
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    vintage merc tach harness info

    i have a 1977 merc 115 i6 with what i believe to be the original remote that has the tachometer connection at the front. i am going to attept to make my own harness as the factory ones are obsolete and the prices people that are selling one are pretty much out of my range so i have the basic...
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    tachometer confusion

    i have a 1977 merc. 115 i6 i picked up a couple of free tachs and want to install one my problem is one is a faria and it has the 4,6,8,setting and then it has a 12 pole setting with ( ob alt ) below it this is setting # 4 i think this stands for outboard with alt can i hook this up to my motor...
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    1953 scott atwater

    i have a 1953 scott atwater 7.5 twin cylinder it was locked up and i tracked it down to the bottom end as the oil had leaked out and the forward and reverse gears were a bit rusty and loced up. I have since freed it up and cleaned it up and replaced the gasket and now i need to know what weight...
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    info on a scott atwater

    i have a scott atwater 7.5 outboard serial # 33351924 if i understand correctly this is a 1953 7.5 twin cylinder outboard and i believe it to be a gold penant model which seems to be rare i am wanting to know if this is correct. Also i cannot find out what the last four numbers of the serial...
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    freeing up an old outboard

    i have acquired an old outboard 7.5 hp with forward and reverse gears it was stored upside down for about 9 months and is locked up. i have removed the spark plugs and added lube to free up the pistons and have been able to get it to move enough that when i put my finger over the spark plug hole...
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    straw poll on electronic distributors

    working on a 1971 24 foot starfire cuddy cabin boat with an inboard 318 v-8 chrysler gas motor. we have concluded a new distributor is needed and as originals are almost impossible to find we are going electronic and have narrowed the choices down to a mallory unilite or a pertronics brand as...
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    chrysler 318 with volvo penta 270 outdrive kinda long but necessary... sorry

    engine is a chrysler 318 and is in a 1971 starfire.The boat is 24 foot long with a volvo penta 270 outdrive and has had new u-joints and bellows installed within the last month it also has had a tune up,new carburator,new coil with ballast resistor installed and a new perko switch...
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    1150 distributor

    i have a 1977 1150 inline 6 mercury outboard it has a fresh rebiuld on the internals and has never ran right and i have been trouble shooting it for quite a while and finally got it running great. the first time i took it out and opened up the throttle a bit it took off but lost power and died...
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    timing

    i replaced the timing belt on my early 70's merc 115 inline 6 i marked evrything and do have some mechanical experience but it seems i either have the timimg off a bit or my carbs are acting up. Can someone give a link to how to time this engineso i can eliminate that as the cause of my problem...
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    could it be ?

    am curious about the kill switch on a 1969 sea ray sv70 with a 115 merc 6 cyl. it won't start unless i disconnect a wire from the harness for a few minutes then once i reconnect it i can start the motor no problem even if i shut it off but if i let it sit overnite i have to disconnect the a wire...
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    open switch

    i have an early 70's merc 115 inline 6 cyl the motor was rebuilt andwhen i got the boat it neede attention due to lack of maintenance i went thru the fuel system and replace as neede to get it functioning properly but it would not run right eventually i found a plastic bag was left in the intake...
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    suggestions

    i have an early 70's merc 115 inline 6 cyl i had carb problems and have cleared that up my motor was running great on the muffs it would start right away and idle well. I shut it down and the next day was going to put it in the water and hooked the muffs up to fire it up just for a mud check and...
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    lost spark

    i had a fuel problem on a early 70's merc 115 6 cyl. and it turned out to be a plastic bag that was left in the intake. When i removed the carbs i disconnected the battery before i removed any wires. I removed the plate that is in front of the carbs so access to the carbs would be easier i wrote...
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    what to test next

    i have a early 70's merc 115 6 cyl i removed the carbs as i had a fuel delivery problem found a plastic bag in the intake from when the boat shop rebuilt the engine and carbs i removed the front mounting plate and disconnected the wires they were red,white,brown,green i made notes to reinstall...
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    spark test

    if i use the wire wrapped around the spark plug then secured to a bolt can i test just one plug or do all the plugs need to be removed this is for an early 70's merc 115 6 cyl
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    spark test

    is there a way to field test my early 70's merc 115 straight 6 cyl for spark i have been told i can make a device w/ a 2x4 a couple of nails and a piece of wire.
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