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    Deep Creep Aerosol and the Shraeder Valve on the choke

    I'm winterizing the ski boat today and I had a light bulb moment. I had a pretty used up can of the OMC areosol engine cleaner with the shraeder valve adapter. I had a couple of cans of Deep Creep (Sea foam under pressure) that I use on the Mercury Sport Jet. The OMC stuff was almost gone, and...
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    NOT rebuilding a leaf blower

    I got in a hurry and used old gasoline/oil mix for my leaf blower, and didn't really shake the can first. I thought that with the better oils they would stay mixed. Sure enough, the engine started to slow down. I shut it off, checked compression and only had 50 psi. I tore off the covers and...
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    1963 merc/w pics

    I ran a 1952 Tolleycraft utility for years with a 1963 Merc 450 (45 horse). The boat was a marine plywood runabout with a closed bow, about 14.5 feet long. With some patience, my wife and two small boys on board, I could get up salom behind it, and once I figured that out, I stopped dropping a...
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    What's your favorite way to clean your carbs?

    After my engine rebuild on my 90 hp 1990 Johnson, I put the old carbs back on, knowing that I would probably rebuild them soon. They do look clean as a whistle, but WOT performance is a bit low. I had already identified the engine failure mode to poor cooling due to failed exhaust cover gaskets...
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    Vro Pump

    Hi Phill Go to the FAQ httpwwwiboatscombbboardbbBoardcgiaviewforumfid36 http://www.iboats.com/bbboard/bbBoard.cgi?a=viewforum;fid=36 and read about VRO. Basically, it can't burn up single cylinder. A carb can do that, or the wrong sparkplug, but a VRO mixes fuel and oil and delivers the same...
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    Rebuild Johnson 1990 90 hp

    At the end of last season the boys complained that the boat had lost power. I checked it out and found number one piston was way down on compression, and water was leaking badly from the exhaust covers in the lower starboard side of the engine.<br /><br />Teardown revealed that the top ring on...
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    1990 90hp, leaking outer exhaust cover; low compression

    My sons reported that the boat wasn't running like it should, I finally had a chance to put it on the lake today. It did run poorly, and with the fast idle lever up I could only get about 1200 RPM. I ran it around, it sounded rough, got about 5000 RPM out of it tops. There was water coming out...
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    DVD player won't play a few DVDs

    I have a pretty good DVD player Sony DVP-S360 from a few years back. Certain DVDs (even a few new from the store) come up as 'unreadable' (C0013). I can't see any scratches or finger prints on them.<br /><br />I considered buying a new one, but I don't want a silver unit in the middle of my...
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    120hp Sport Jet Impeller lost a blade

    WOT, in clean lake, the blade just peeled back about 3/4 of the way. The wear ring forced it into the diameter of the ring, but obviously I need to do some repair work...<br /><br />Opinions on my options, and where I can get the offset wrench I need for removing the impeller would be cool. Can...
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    120 Sport Jet Bogs/Cuts out WOT

    From about 3/4 throttle on, I can't get my boat to run. It bogs and bucks and wants to quit. I back off the throttle and it smooths out. s/n OE122700 in a Sugar Sand Mirage. The motor and boat were submerged a few years ago (free boat from brother in law!!!), and last summer I rebuilt the...
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