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    anyone with experience adjusting valves on 6 hp mercury

    my friend and i just did new piston rings, new valves, and gaskets to my no start 2007...we put it at TDC and adjusted the valves to the middle of the range but she wouldn't fire up. after checking them again, they seem to have tightened up..after messing with them we got it to start up for a...
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    Can someone post a pic of a 6 hp mercury throttle drum

    can't seem to get my drum and cable s on properly...trying to follow the manual but things rant working...need close up pic
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    Anyway to Seafoam (not seafood) mercury 6 hp 4 stroke top end without running it

    my 6hp isn't taking a really long time to start or not starting all off a sudden but ran find the last time after i finally got it started. compression test is only reading around 12 psi and doing a leak down at TDC you can hear air leaking out prop and the piston rings....checked the valve...
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    Does this compression results make sence

    trying to figure out why my 87 dt9.9 stalls at low idle in gear, so i did a compression test on it...both cylinders are showing only 5 psi...it starts up pretty easily and runs in neutral. I was thinking that maybe i need a new head gasket or the rings are stuck....question is, wouldn't it not...
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    DT 9.9 stalls in gear

    Still working on my suzuki...got a new CDI/ignition unit installed, but still having issues. It starts fine and runs at idle. yet when i put it in gear i have to use the idle screw to make it run much higher reps then is supposed to be at in order to keep it running. Sounds like its not...
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    Question on CDI/Ignition Coil Testing for 87 dt 9.9

    I am still having issues with my motor coughing at mid throttle and high throttle too. Also, seems to not want to decide weather it wants to idle without stalling or not. I am sure my carb is clean and she is getting fuel. so, I started to suspect the ignition. As far as I can tell using the...
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    Idle RPM spec for 1987 dt 9.9

    does anyone happen to know what the RPM specs are for this motor at idle in and out of gear. I have a manual on the way, but would like to see where it is at now?
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    Using cheap digital tach to set mixture on 2 stroke

    got one of those cheap tach/hour counters so i can see what RPM I am at and to adjust the mixture screw. I have it on the right setting..one spark per revolution....running the motor in gear and looking at the tach, the RPM jumps all around, making it impossible to tell if the RPMs are...
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    What is a normal amount of turns from the default for mixture screw

    I am trying to get the mixture correct for my DT 9.9 from 1987. I have started at 1 and 1/2 turns out from lightly seated. The motor sputters a little bit and I'm wondering whether it still needs to be richened up some more. What would be a normal amount of turns from the default one and a half...
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    Looking for advice on carb issues 1987 dt 9.9

    been having issues getting the carb on my 9.9 to run properly. what does it mean when you have to use to choke to start the cold motor but then having to turn it off immediately before it stalls? I think i got the mixture setting correct with it being a quarter turn richer from 1.5 turns out...
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    Should the mixed gas/oil mixture always remain the oil dyed color

    I have a tank with 75:1 mix in it and just hooked it up to my motor to test it and the color of the gas going through my new clear fuel lines in the motor is the yellowish gas color...the two stroke oil I mixed in is blue...Shouldnt i be seeing blue in the fuel lines? Does the color fade away...
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    What would happen if I used a bigger carb on 9.9 hp

    I bought a carb off eBay and they said it fits the 9.9 and 15 hp suzuki models...however after getting it, i found that the throat of the carb is larger and the main jet is larger (125 instead of 110)....would I be able to use this on the 9.9 or would this deliver too much fuel and air for the...
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    Question on main jet on 1987 DT 9.9

    I have a DT 9.9 and just put in a new 15 hp Chinese brand carb on it...it came with a 125 main (for 15 hp) jet when is should have had a 100....i put in a 118 I had and the thing smoked like crazy and got oil in the tank and all over the lower end. So I put the stock main jet and pilot jet in...
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    What do I need to do to this new carb to make it correct for 1987 DT 9.9

    I bought a nock off carb for my 87 DT 9.9 from eBay and the add said this: OVERSEE Replaces Suzuki 9.9 Carburetor 1983-1993 13200-93912 13200-939A1 Condition: New In Stock Now!!! Manufacturer Part Number: 13200-93912/02 Other Part Number: 13200-939A1 13200-91D21,13200-939D1 Att.:The...
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    suzuki dt 9.9 died ...need ideas

    took my 9.9 out yesterday and it started fine....100 yards later it stalled out...started like twice but dies out....checked and it seems to be getting fuel and is getting spark....did compression check and its only reading 3.5 psi.....can a motor just go bad just like that....i did run some sea...
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    Need a bearing carrier puller

    I have a 1987 suzuki 9.9 that appears to have a bad o ring on the bearing carrier. However, the local shops told me they won't work on it since it is 1) not a mercury and 2) too old for them to work on. Does anyone know where I can get a puller? I live in Pemberton Twp.
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    Procedure for adjusting throttle cable on DT 9.9 hp

    Can anyone give me the proper procedure for adjusting the cable or point me to a site or video that tells you how...also, it the little roller thing that get pushed by the plate supposed to be far enough to the right to be in the area where it has to jump over the hump on the plate
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    Oil Mixture Ratio for 1987 DT 9.9 hp

    Just bought a used 1987 dt 9.9 hp...is 100:1 the correct ratio as the previous owner's son told me.
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    Anyone have the carb tuning specifications for 2007 6 hp

    does anyone have the repair manual and does it give the number of turns out of the carb mixture screw should be as an initial setting and if there is an initial number of turns for the idle screw...not sure if my carb is tuned properly now that I replace the stuck thermostat. Idle seems higher...
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    How to replace inside of transom of sneak box from late 1960's

    I have a duck boat called a sneakbox from the late 1960's and the transom could use replacement, especially the inside piece which is rotted at the bottom. It is just a square piece and looks like there is a piece of fiberglass mat between the wood and the fiberglass of the hull. How do I go...
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