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    2400rpm max, eventually goes up to 5300rpm

    '85 Force 85hp, series: 856X5L Strange happenings with my engine. Sometimes when I get it started, starts on the first try these days , it won?t make full rpm. It idles fine but will only reach 2400rpm wide open. I fiddle with the throttle and the choke. Stop and restart it. Eventually it...
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    tilt creeps down, trim does not

    I found clanton's posts on the pilot check valve. Went and got two Tecumseh 631021 (Stens 525-212) in preparation to repair them. When I got to storage I noticed that the trim ram had not bled down, any. So can I assume that the check valve is good because the trim does not bleed down? Does...
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    BUHX, BUHW, black/blue box??

    '85 Force 85hp, model: 856X5L, sn: 4549 Hi, New to me Force 85. I need to service it and have a question about sparkplug: The parts list says CHAMPION UL-18-V which crossreferences to NGK BUHX. I have read some threads about blue box not liking BUHX. Mine has black box. So does that mean BUHX...
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    Trouble with the hole shot

    '70 Mercury 1150, sn: 2840981 Kink in enrichner hose was the cause of hard starting. I can start it now, effortlessly, on the water :) Thank you for your help. Even at two turns out: When I give it quick throttle it stumbles around 2000rpm and if I continue to give it full throttle it will...
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    Runs on muffs, not on water

    '70 Mercury 1150, sn: 2840981 <br /><br />On dry land with muffs, I can crank it, and it cranks easy, let it warm up, return the advance lever to normal and it has a nice idle.<br /><br />I take it to the lake and it's difficult to start. It will start eventually, just have to prime the top carb...
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    tell tale stream good, then sputters

    '70 Mercury 1150, sn: 2840981<br /><br />Finally got my engine to start. Now another issue, maybe?<br /><br />When it first starts up, in a tank, the water started to flow, after a moment, from the tell tale hole. It was a good stream. But then just moments after that it became a sputter. The...
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    aftermarket kill switch wiring?

    '70 Mercury 1150 inline 6, sn: 2840981 <br />One of the local fishing tournaments rule is a functioning kill switch. My boat does not have one. Also the ignition has been moved from the control box to the dash. I guess the old switch broke or something. it was that way when I got it. <br...
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    Enricher System hose routing?

    I need to figure out, since it's an after market upgrade, if they routed the hoses correctly.<br />It looks like fuel is taken from the top carb fuel bowl to the bottom two carbs float bowl.<br />Reading in the Seloc manual it should be the other way around:<br /> in the image is where they...
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    reed cages and yamabond

    '70 Mercury 1150 inline 6, sn: 2840981 <br />I've had trouble starting my Merc. I finally got it started last weekend by using come carb cleaner. I figured I need to review my starting procedure after finding posts similar to this:<br /> After letting it warm up I was Not able to have it...
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    Looking for drive shaft and shim

    '70 Mercury 115hp 1150, sn: 2840981 <br />looking for a good condition smooth - drive shaft long # A-45-47434 <br /><br />from what i have found, i think, these are compatible model/serial#, if anyone has one <br />1150 sn. 2836019-2933900 <br /> 800 sn. 2559001-2830000 <br />1000SS sn...
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    Starter

    '70 Mercury 1150, sn: 2840981 <br />Does anyone have a starter for this motor? <br />Starter has this number on it: <br /> A-50-57465A1 <br /> Kiekhaefer <br /> Mercury <br /> B11 <br />Or, <br />What comes in this kit and does anyone have it? <br />DV377 Replacement Outboard Starters and...
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    Won't start

    '70 Mercury 1150, sn: 2840981 <br />She just cranks and cranks and cranks but never turns over. Battery has a full charge on it. The fuel tank filter looks perfectly clean. I did have to take the battery off the fuel tank vent hose, oops. The primer bulb will get hard if the fuel line is not...
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    '70 Mercury 1150 - installing lower unit

    I have a '70 Mercury 1150, sn: 2840981.<br />I had a reverse lock problem. When I was backing off the trailer the motor would lift out of the water. I had also had a problem with water getting into the lower unit, so I replaced the shift shaft oil seal bushing assembly. After examining the...
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