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    1961 3hp Sea King restoration

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    1961 3hp Sea King

    My grandfather owned a bar and evidently took this 1961 Sea King 3 hp motor in as payment for a bar tab in the 60s . The motor was put away in a custom made box either that my grandpa made or the previous owner did and sat in the garage for nearly 60 years before I found it a few weeks ago ...
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    1964 Starcraft Bahama Restore

    I have 1964 StarCraft fiberglass boat. I ripped up the original weakend floor and him trying to restore it. When I carefully pulled up the floor in two large sections I cut out I found what looked to be baffle shaped fiberglass stringers every 6 inches. They appear to be completely hollow...
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    Mercury 850 won't run in water

    I recently rebuilt the engine and carbs on an old 63 850. When I rebuilt the carbs I never adjusted any of the mixture screws, just replaced the seals and reset the new floats. It ran fine in my driveway with the mickey mouse ears on, accelerated smoothly in forward and reverse and revved up...
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    Shift Shaft Removal?

    Due to Reverse not catching on my lower unit, I need to take off and inspect the shift shaft in the lower unit. Can I do this without taking apar the lower unit? Im hoping to just unscrew the shift shaft bushing, remove retaining clip, and just pull out the shift shaft. Will I be able to get...
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    1963 Merc 850 spins freely in reverse

    I have a 1963 Merc 850 I restored. I took off the lower unit to torch off the prop hub (it had sat unused for over a decade), and had a shop install new prop seals. Before this, it shifted into rev, neu, and forward fine. After getting it back and putting a new impeller and driveshaft sleeve...
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    Pre 1965 Control Cables

    I need to replace the control Cables on my 1963 Mercury 850 outboard. The control cables are for a Full Gear Shift merc control, which matches the lower unit. The cable ends that insert into the control don't match any I have seen on websites anywhere as they have bare cable ends that are held...
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    1963 Mercury 850 Outboard Neutral Shift Problem

    Hello, I have a 1963 Mercury 850 outboard that won't shift into Neutral. The control cables were rotted, so Im doing this all by hand for now, but I can shift the motor into reverse and forward, but not neutral. Its the Full Gear shift model. It will shift into neutral if you grab a hold of...
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    Mercury 850 even cylinders no Spark

    We have a 1963 mercury 850 that only fires on #1,3, & 5 cylinders. We installed new condensers and cleaned and reinstalled the points. We swapped out coils between banks and isolated the ressistors but this did nothing. We checked the points with a voltage tester and both sets of points...
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