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    75hp mariner '84 Tilt / Trim problem

    Hi Y'all, hope everything is fine and dandy in your part of the world.<br />I have a problem with my tilt / trim, up and down works fine, but it doesn't want to stay up. It'll hold for a while but gradually sinks back down to the bottom setting. I mentioned this to my mechanic and he started...
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    Starting question

    I have a 75hp 84 Mariner with OMC control.<br />Just been rebuilt, new stator, starter motor, rectifier, at least 80% of wiring etc etc.<br />Starts fine when key pushed in ( choke position) but without choke the motor doesn't turn over, just get a click like I have a flat battery which it can't...
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    WOT for Mariner 75hp 1984

    Hi,<br />just wondering if any of you smart iboats members can help me out here......<br /><br />Thanks :)
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    Running in a 84 Mariner 75hp after a Rebuild

    3 days to go till I pick up my boat with a rebuilt motor!<br />My plan is to try to spend around 15 hours running it in over 3 - 4 days. The first 100 litres will be at 25/1 and the plan is to vary the rpms every 5 - 10 mins.<br />I thought it might be a little like a car, that is the best way...
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    Have you ever bought a 2nd hand Boat ?

    Over Christmas my family and I made the annual trip to my mother's for christmas day and on the way I spotted an old Haines Hunter V133 ( 14 foot ski / runabout...fiberglass )with an '84 Mariner punching out what I thought were 75 reliables horses ! The boat itself has been garaged all its life...
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    Propellor size

    Hi Y'all,<br /><br />I am considering changing my prop size from a 17" to a 19" as I am not pulling skiers and the advice I have been given is thatm I will get more topend speed and reduced fuel consumption for cruising. If anyone can clarify this for me I would really apprecate it,<br /><br...
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