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    What is this?

    2001 Mercury 90HP 2 stroke Anyone know what this part is and what it does
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    No Power to motor or trim

    2001 Mercury 90hp 2 stroke on a 2001 Nitro 700LX Was out in the water running great always started right up with no problems. Went to start it to head back into shoe and nothing. No clicking noise or anything. Thinking dead battery I switched batteries and still nothing. Everything else...
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    Trailer lights stopped working.

    Both trailer lights stopped working. Brake, tail, and turn signals. Checked them Saturday before going out worked great got up Sunday to head out checked them again as I always do before leaving the drive way and nothing. Any ideas? I replaced both bulbs thinking they might have burned out.
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    Which service manual do I need?

    Anyone by chance know which of the manuals listed under the sticky would be for a 2001 Mercury 90HP 2 stroke?
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    Correct idle rpm's?

    2001 Mercury 90 HP 2 stroke carb Does anyone know what the rpm's at idle should be? I am reading 1,000 rpms at idle on muffs.
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    Tach wont work

    1991 Mercury 90HP Tack will not work things checked so far Have power to tach have good ground took out tach put in friends boat works perfect put his tach in my boat does not work. Have continuity from grey wire from motor to back of tach Battery is charging great so I am guessing rectifier...
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    Help Tach wont work

    1991 Mercury 90HP Tack will not work things checked so far Have power to tach have good ground took out tach put in friends boat works perfect put his tach in my boat does not work. Have continuity from grey wire from motor to back of tach Battery is charging great so I am guessing rectifier...
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    Replace in hull transducer

    I am realacing my fishfinder that has a through the hull transducer. I am going to the same set up. Anyone know how hard it is to get the old transducer out to be able to put the new transducer in the same spot or is this possible?
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    Oil bottom of cowling

    2001 Mercury 90HP Seem to have alot of oil near the front of the cowling where the cables through. Ran it on muffs with cowling off and don't see any oil dripping from anywhere. IS it possible I have the motor tilted to high up when not in use where it coulkd be coming from the cap on the oil tank?
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    Wire indentity

    I have these wires not connected to anything. Anyone have any idea what should go to or they not needed for anything?
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    help indentify Bracket

    2001 Mercury 90HP JUst got this boat and saw this bracket and 2 screws laying on the bottom of the cowling. Anyone have any idea where this should be?
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    Tach not working

    HAve a 2001 NItro 700 LX 2001 90HP mercury. The tach doesnt work. SOmetimes the needle will bounce a little when I first start it up. Other then that it just sits there It looked like the wires were hooked up good to the back of the tach. Don't know where to look on the motor to see if they are...
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    Smoke out of prop

    Have a 2001 Mercury 90HP Ran the motor today on muffs. After I shut it off a little bit of light white smoke came out of the prop. IS this normal?
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    Clank noise when put in reverse.

    I am still working on buying a 2001 NItro 700 lX from a month ago. It has a 2001 Mercury 90hp motor. Went this morning to crank it up just to check it out one last time. Cranked right up idled a little rough on muffs. My concern is when I put in reverse it makes a clunk noise when it first goes...
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    miss at idle

    2001 Mercury 90HP Took the boat for a test drive. At idle it has a miss to it. Not bad but you can tell. It will stay idling though and you can idle around the lake with no problem. Give it throttle and it runs great not a miss or hesitation will cruise at 52 MPh all day long. Any ideas...
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