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    Jack plate questions

    I have a 1960 14' Sea King boat (Pic below) On it i have a 1968 50 HP 4 cylinder Mercury 500 Thunderbolt outboard. http://i31.tinypic.com/2j6a80p.jpg My problem is that with the motor in the second from last hole out in the manual trim positions My cavitation plate is still about 1.5" under...
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    Water Spraying with outboard motor and other problems (video/pics inside)

    I have a 14ft 1960 Sea King fiberglass boat. I believe it's what they call a flat bottom boat or jon boat. I have a 1968 mercury 50 horsepower thunderbolt outboard for my motor. Motor runs great, boat floats. Here are pictures of boat and motor to give you guys an idea of what i have...
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    Water over motor hinge

    I have a 14' Sea King fiberglass flat bottom jon boat with a 68 merc 50 horse outboard on it. Bot planes awesome, motor is great, but when I get up towards max speed water starts pouring over the motor hinge just above transom, and can flood my transom out in a matter of a few seconds if I'm...
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    68 Merc 500 thunderbolt, WOT = 6mph? <solved>

    Motor sounds good, runs smooth, no coughing, no spitting. But when I get it in the water it's like it just has no power. When in neutral and I use the timing advancement/warmup throttle, it idles up nice and high, and when I put it back down it runs nicely at a very low idle. When I put the...
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    Anyone interested in.

    a 1958 lark 35 horse Sorry, no offering to sell on the forum. TD
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    1968 merc 500

    My grandfather just gave me a 1968 mercury 500 he had sitting around for 5 years, he had bought it to put into a small boat but never got around to it. The guy he got it from said it ran but was starting to overheat. There is writing on the motor that suggests that someone checked compression...
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    '58 Lark 35 hp

    Just bought a 13' 6" Sea King with a 35514 Evinrude Lark 35 horse motor for $450. Owner told me it ran last time he had it out but not very well, When I got it the fuel tank smelled horrible, the bowl was full of junk. I took the bowl off, and replaced the fuel tank, drained all the bad fuel...
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