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A little rough morning out on Houghton Lake today but the old SS is running great!

I read the sticky and it did not answer my question. I have a 60hp 2005 Mercury Bigfoot 60ELPTEFI serial number 1B211471. I removed the lower unit to replace the water pump. A two inch plastic tube/guide fell out before I could examine its position. I believe it is a guide for the shift shaft...

I was thinking all last night and it hit me, when I rebuilt the fuel pump, the one way valves were held in with a plastic pop rivet. The kit I bought had replacement pop rivets but the pin that you push through did not actually slide, it was molded to the rivet. As a result of not being able to...

So, to update. I swapped out the plugs. It was hard starting so I replace the battery and it started up well. It ran well and I started down the river. I had her at 1500-2000 rpm. About 15 minutes down the river, the same thing happened. I could hear the motor losing power. It dropped a couple...

Mine does not look like that. Here is a pick I took of mine and also the parts catalog.

I understand that, I meant, is the adjustment similar to the oil air mix where you have to count the rotations of the screw to seat it or is it a completely different way to adjust the oil mixture?

This will be my next step. Is there a suggested starting point? Like on the air mix, should I be seating it and then turning it out 1.5 or 2 turns? or is it just an "adjust and test" scenario?

Thank you, it is the 4 cyl. Based on that, ill pass on looking for them. I knew they were there, I just cannot find them anywhere in the breakouts. I have even hovered over every little number in each photo incase they were extremely different from what I am used to seeing.

I figured but was not 100% sure. Its brand new, ethanol free gas. Oil pump is still operational and not adjustable. I am not sure about a metering rod, I was not aware this model had one. Are you referring to the idle air mix screw? If so, I have them both adjusted out to 1-1/4 turn as advised...

Hello all, I have a 1991 Mercury 40hp serial number 0D070343. It died on my the other day after about 20 minutes of cruising right around 2,000 RPM. I swapped out the spark plugs as they were due and it started after a while of trying. It is not running as well as it once did and when I pulled...

Hi all, what was the last year that evinrude used the trailer mode on outboards with tilt and trim? My 1979 had it and it was great. I now have a 1983 with T&T but I do not want to ruin the trim by trying it out.

Hi all, I am looking at a 80s mariner 115. Don’t know the year and I’ll try to post picks. Looking for the good and bad. what I know: it’s $450; it does not come with the wiring harness; “comes with the pump” a not sure what that means; it is a 115 hp; it’s a 6 cyl. I know a ton about...

I have a 2003 Yamaha 50hp 4 stroke F50TLRB. I was wondering if this motor had a mechanical spark advance. I am used to old 2 strokes where an advance lever was needed to Advance the spark at higher RPM. Why? I am having an issue with acceleration. Right around 1800-2000 RPM where my motor...

hi all! I have a new to me, 1987 24’ pontoon with a 40 HP mercury classic I assume is the same or close to the same year. I am looking for Max RPM and possible prop adjustments based on the data I have. My main goal is top end speed as I do not want to run WOT all the time. The two toons are...

I got the motors running better. One seems near perfect the other is questionable. I have two videos, one is of the intermittent “jump” in rpm. It is barley noticeable and is on the starboard tach. The second is of the engines starting; the starboard engine is like a trampoline and the port goes...