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Like the title says I have an ignition problem. The last time I was troubleshooting a problem I saw a chart in CDI ignitions website with resistances and voltages for all Mercury engines. I had a '74 850. What I'm asking is where to find a chart with resistances and voltages for an '88 Classic...
I have a '74 Merc 850 with power trim and need orings for the trim pump. It's an external 4 line Prestolite pump that came with thousands of larger Mercs back then. It takes 6 round and 2 oval orings and I can't find the oval ones. Is there anywhere I can go? Thanks.
My friend has a 20' Seaswirl with a 140 Evinrude. It quit so we towed it to his dock to work on it. I jumped the solenoid and it started so I narrowed it down to the switch or the control box neutral switch. While trying to remove the control box it started so I figured the neutral switch is...
I have a transom mount trolling motor and only have 2 speeds forward and reverse, it's a 5 speed, and they seem to be the higher speeds. I had to lengthen the wires and put the control together correctly. Is there anything else that controls the speeds? Thanks.
It's a manual start tiller controlled 2 stroke. I've been working on this engine for over a year. It's been to 3 shops to no avail. Last year I took it apart and found scored pistons and walls when it first started fouling plugs and not idleing. I had it bored and installed new pistons, gaskets...
