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I have looked and cant find a fix to my problems. I have a 1993 Mercury 150 with the oil injection removed. The engine smokes a lot at idle and while revving. The engine is stuttering on take off but runs good at full throttle. Also the engine is surging at cruising speeds(1/4-1/2 throttle). So...
Hello all. I have a 1983 mercruiser with a 1999 carb on it. I have been over the whole engine several times. I have checked compression, adjusted the valves while running, adjusted the idle mixture screws. I set the points at .022 and the timing at 8o. Im not sure if the timing is 100% correct...
Can someone please tell me where the timing marks/indicator is on a 1983 mercruiser 3.0. Also I have looked through the adults only section for the timing specs and can not locate for a model this old. I know it says 1 degree for electronic but those kind advance themselves. Mine is a points...
I have a 1999 Sea Ray 180 that has a power steering setup on it. I cant find any of the parts for the powersteering pump and I would like to just change it to manual steering. What all is needed to do this??
I have a 1983 Mercruiser 3.0 and I am installing an electric fuel pump on. I have read all the installation theads and I know you are supposed to wire it to the oil pressure switch. My engine does not have a pressure switch on it (i think). I do have a oil pressure sending unit but I beleive the...