I was wondering what the hose at the back of the carb does. It runs behind the disk that controls the throtle. It has a very small diameter and is about 3 inches long. Thanks
I have a 7.5 merc that is having issues. The motor fires up on the first pull, revs up and than stalls out. If I throtle up the motor after starting it, it will run at a high rpm for about 20 seconds before it cuts out. The motor will than not start. It acts like it is flooding out. If...
This is wierd. I have a mid 80's stroke 7.5, that I left the gas in for about 6 months. I was unable to start the motor, so I pulled the carb and cleaned it. Took the motor out for a spin and had an issue with the motor cutting out and dying. The motor would only run if I was slowly...
I just changed my water pump on a 7.5 mercury circa 1980.
Motor ran great. The second time I took it out I noticed grease stream out the back of the prop. I have changed the impeller several times and have never noticed this in the past. Any ideas. thanks
I need to replace a few wires under my fly wheel. I am down to the fly wheel but can't figure out how to remove the wheel. There are three bolt holes on the top of the the fly wheel. I imagine they are there to remove the fly wheel. Do you need a special tool to access these three holes. If...
I removed the lower unit to replace my impeller on a 7.5 mercury. I am currently stuck, because I can't figure out how to remove the impeller from the water pump case. I removed the top of the water pump casing, but I am unable to remove the impeller and metal nut that are on the drive shaft...
when the motor is in gear and idling, it will not draw water out the tell tale. When the motor is slightly powered it will spit water. When powered at about 1/5 throtle the tell tale is working great. The motor is a merc kicker 7.5 circa early 80's. thanks
tell tale spews exhaust when not...
