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    3.5 mercury

    Glad these things are easy to work on. No idea what was going on, must have messed something up. Pulled it apart, honed the cylinder, measured ring gap, all looked perfect same as before, put it together and https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CPOI12tVzKvZJvx1pEkpWLgSfpBBPmw5/view?usp=sharing...
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    3.5 mercury

    The powerhead was in a box disassembled so I dont know the oil status but due to lack of scoring and everything looking fine other than the heat damage my guess was that the owner was using a synthetic oil that held up fine in the heat, till the piston rod gave out. Thats my guess.
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    3.5 mercury

    I just went out and hooked the pump up and ran my tank to it like it is supposed to be vs gravity fed directly into the carb bowl and it ran the same. I am using a drill with a clutch connected to the nut on top of the flywheel vs pull starting with the handle. My arm would have given out long...
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    3.5 mercury

    Like I said, it looked really good, so I didnt even think to hone the cylinder. I wonder if that would get the compression up there. Or maybe the cylinder is just toast from the heat?
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    3.5 mercury

    yep I just didnt put two and two together when I saw it. Im starting to think your right on it being disposable. It certainly didnt take much to put it together. Thats why I dont think I messed anything up but I certainly could have.
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    3.5 mercury

    I got a 3.5 4 cycle mercury from a relative in a bag. The rod was broke in half. It must have been running synthetic when it went cause everything looked mint condition with the exception of evidence of HIGH heat, the shutoff hose bracket was melted and the impeller was very wasted. well I...
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