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    looking for a place to get old parts

    i have a mid 50's merc mark 5 and a mid 50's merc super 5, wondering if someone could point me in the direction of a place to find coils and possibly other parts for them, thanks in advance
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    need help with year and hp i cant seem to find it anywhere

    I found an old merc leg in my basement and a buddy of mine needs a lower unit for his motor, I told him he was welcome to it if it would fit, I ran the serial number everywhere and cant seem to get any results, just wondering if someone here could help out so that I might be able to help him get...
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    thinking about putting ptt on an old merc

    i have an old 80hp merc ( 70's ) i was thinking about putting ptt on it..... can anyone give me a little info on which ones will work?? it has the old band style oval hood cowling on it and says merc 800 on the side of it thanks for any help
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    power trim problems

    this stupid power trim is really giving me a headache, its a 1990, 90hp rude, i put a trim motor on it because the old one was shot, now when you trim up, it goes about halfway up and stops, if wait about 20-30 seconds it will go the rest of the way and does the same thing when tilting down...
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    1990 yamaha precision blend 115

    i just bought this motor and was going to unhook the oiler on it before i start running it, the guy i got it from said its been sitting for the last 9 years, i called the local dealer and they said that they wouldnt unhook it but i figured i would ask on here to get an unbiased opinion ( the...
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    thinking of buying a 1990 100hp suzuki v4 but have a question first

    i found a 1990 100hp v4 suzuki, the guy says it needs the guages hooked up in the boat for the motor to start..... i have had a few suzuki outboards and have never had to have anything hooked up for them to start, the motors i had ranged in years from 86 to 92 and like i said..... all i had to...
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    merc 25 4 stroke hard to start

    my ol man has a 2001 or 2002 25hp merc 4 stroke on the back of his pontoon boat, it worked a 1 last year and this year it is very hard to start, its not fuel injected, i told him i would replace the fuel pump on it, clean the carb and put a new set of plugs in it, im lookin for any feedback or...
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    1970 evinrude pulse pack question

    hi, im wondering if anyone can tell me if there is a difference in pulse packs, my motor is a 1970 115 v4, i found a pulse pack for a 65 tripple????? at least i think thats what he said it was, im wondering if the pulse packs are the same or different, i would think that they would be different...
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    98 evinrude ficht 115

    i just got this motor the other day, the previous owner has an inline fuel pump hooked up to it, he said it was hard to start so he put that on there to start it and once it gets up on plane he shuts it off ( it has a toggle switch on the dash to control it ) when i take the engine cover off and...
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    1970 johnson 115 no fire

    i have never owned a motor this old before and all of this technology is foreign to me, i cant get any fire, the power head has 110 pounds on all 4 so i figured i might as well give it a shot and try to use it, i only have .74 volts going to the pulse pack, what do i need to do to get 12 volts...
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    can i put an electric shift power head on a 80's vro

    Hello, i have recently aquired an evinrude 115 with electric shift..... i dont know much about these old dinosaurs but i figured id check the compression before i scrapped it and much to my surprise it had between 110 and 115 pounds on all four so i thought i might try to put that power head on...
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