67 Merc 110 fuel filter

[MTboatguy]

I have been searching all morning and for the life of me, I can't find anyone that has a fuel filter for this motor, I must have lost my search skills, heck on the auction site, it comes up with 0 results when I search for one!

 

[alldodge]

I have been searching all morning and for the life of me, I can't find anyone that has a fuel filter for this motor, I must have lost my search skills, heck on the auction site, it comes up with 0 results when I search for one!

I take it its a Mercury outboard but finding things as its a 9.8hp 110 and a 110hp outboard. As a guy that's not bad looking things up can you give me some more info?

 

[racerone]

I thought these motors had a screen on the carburetor that you clean.

 

[MTboatguy]

I thought these motors had a screen on the carburetor that you clean.

Well there is a canister on the top of the float bowl, that looks to be about the same size and shape at the old Ford automobile fuel filers, and the fuel line runs from the top of the fuel pump to the top of the fuel bowl. The problem I am having with this motor is I can start it, keep it running at higher speeds, but when I try to lower the RPM's to the shift area, it stalls out on me. I have put new(correct plugs) in it today, somebody had put the wrong plugs in it, but still no low idle speed, like it is fuel starved at low speed, so the next trouble shooting step is either a new fuel filter or cleaning a screen if that is what is has.

By the way, just in case anyone needs to know, I put the new plugs in this morning and couldn't find my spark plug gap tools, so I grabbed my sliding digital measuring tool and started measuring common things around the house to find something that was the right thickness, this engine requires a .30 gap, well low and behold the average credit card is .295 thick.

 

[MTboatguy]

Well figured the filter situation out, got it out and cleaned up, had a lot of gunk around the bottom of it, and it runs better in the mid range and high range, but if I drop into the shift range, it will sputter and die. I am thinking it must be in the low speed adjustment that needs to be checked. Just wanted to see if anyone has any idea on which direction I should go, I don't like tearing things apart unless I have to.

Yes, it is a Mercury, Model 110, 9.8 hp tiller steer motor. I had this thing sold last fall, guy took it home and brought it back saying it wouldn't run, I suspect he started playing with things on it and might have screwed up something.

 

[merc850]

Turn idle screw in carb clockwise until it stops, then turn it out 1 1/4 turns, start motor in water and warm it up; shift into forward speed it up a little and turn the idle screw in until motor runs poorly then screw it out slowly until motor runs smoothly. Accelerate to full throttle and back down to see how it responds.