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    Mercury 850 85hp. Good engine or stay away?

    Ill check when i get off work. I have the original owners card from mercury in the glove box of the boat.
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    Mercury 850 85hp. Good engine or stay away?

    Engine has been doing wonderful
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    Mercury 850 85hp. Good engine or stay away?

    Yes the shocks. Yup those
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    Mercury 850 85hp. Good engine or stay away?

    Those shocks on the motor? Are they designed to help lift the motor or just to lower it slower? Cause they dont seem to do much of anything either way.
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    Mercury 850 85hp. Good engine or stay away?

    Seems to have fixed the issue. A solid stream now at idle, but id have expected a bit more pressure on a new pump.
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    Mercury 850 85hp. Good engine or stay away?

    Gotcha. It's all new now. And from what I read it seems I was fighting with that pin on the driveshaft.
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    Mercury 850 85hp. Good engine or stay away?

    That little pin in the end of the drive shaft? Yeah if thats what your talking about. It didn't really wanna move for me? And I believe it to be the original OEM impeller. PO did say the boat hadn't been to the lake maybe 10 times since new in 1974. Im keeping all the old parts in case...
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    Mercury 850 85hp. Good engine or stay away?

    Weird pics are clear on my end. And yes. Spun the lower clock wise as I installed the pump housing. Correct right?
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    Mercury 850 85hp. Good engine or stay away?

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    Mercury 850 85hp. Good engine or stay away?

    Finally did the water pump today. It seemed to be fine, but I noticed the stream at idle was kinda lousy so I went ahead and did it. Ill post some pics but I dont think there was actually anything wrong with my original one? Let me know if yall see something I dont. Also I did some reading...
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    Mercury 850 85hp. Good engine or stay away?

    Oh I wasn't running it while up on the tabs. I'd kill it floating up to the bank go back pull the motor up put it on the tabs and then Coast it into the sand
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    Mercury 850 85hp. Good engine or stay away?

    I also noticed there is in fact a little transom flex. I can still Bear all my weight down on it but it does flex just a bit.
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    Mercury 850 85hp. Good engine or stay away?

    Does anybody know if it's common for these engines that if you tilt them up like if I'm getting the boat close to the bank but I pull the motor up put it on the tabs. I was noticing that when I put it back down it would start and run but then it would run out of gas and I had to reprime the...
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    Mercury 850 85hp. Good engine or stay away?

    Prop pitch is 19 also
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    Mercury 850 85hp. Good engine or stay away?

    16ft. And id have to look this evening. Do you know if you add the switch to the controls or if its something id need to pick up a different set of controls?
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    Mercury 850 85hp. Good engine or stay away?

    Got it out on the lake today and its running great. Zero issues. Its pretty quick out of the hole. I do wish I had power tilt/trim. Should probably figure out a tach for it as well
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    Mercury 850 85hp. Good engine or stay away?

    How exactly does one test this without doing damage? I don't intend to go tearing into the boat or drilling holes. Transom feels strong and the floor feels solid. Also these boats don't really have any under floor access. Atleast that I'm aware of.
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    Mercury 850 85hp. Good engine or stay away?

    I did that when looking at the boat before I bought it
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    1974 Caravelle. Tarpon?

    Picked this boat up super cheap a week ago. Im the second owner. Boat was always garage kept im told. And it looks to be true going off the condition. Ive got a question regarding getting some of the covers to fit? Other than the top which I think has always been on the boat the rest of the...
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    Mercury 850 85hp. Good engine or stay away?

    Transom feels fine when I put the motor up and bear my weight down on it. Although this is a very light boat and the tonge of the trailer will try coming off the ground at a certain point of putting weight on the back. Floors are solid. All the wood in the framing of the seats and other...
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