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    How do I drain my fuel line?

    I have an old mercury outboard with a portable tank. The engine had some trouble this year and is not currently running. So I had to do a somewhat halfassed winterization this year. The tank is just straight gas cause the motor has autoblend. Sooooooo the fuel line is FULL of gas right now. If I...
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    Winterize a Non-Running Engine?

    Normally I simply winterize my engine (mercury 2 stroke) by running it out of gas, then fogging the engine. This year, my engine died out on the water with zero spark. I haven't had time to look in to it beyond forum posts at this point. Winter is around the corner, so I need to winterize this...
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    Flywheel Removal Tool

    Its a 1989 3-cylinder, 2-stroke 90 HP This is the tool I saw, multiple versions of it but they all looked very similar. https://www.ebay.com/itm/127207568810 That one also says "for most 45HP+ Mercury"
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    Flywheel Removal Tool

    Is the mercury flywheel removal tool universal? Or do I need to look up a specific one for my engine? And I've asked this before but I'm going to ask again because I really want to be 100% sure.... the eye-hook part that comes with this tool, is that save to support the entire engine weight...
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    90hp outboard died suddenly, wouldn't restart

    So the kill switch, I don't really even know how it works. We've never used it in 40 years. We definitely don't have the overboard lanyard. The kill switch IS there, on the throttle but I don't even know how it works. I've never switched it or anything.
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    90hp outboard died suddenly, wouldn't restart

    Update: i did some testing today. First I pulled the plugs, they were wet (so no fuel clog) and they were in pretty good shape aside from the wetness. So I don't think plugs are the problem. Next I grabbed my new compression tester and gave it a try. All three pistons, 90-91 PSI. Not bad for...
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    New Winch or Winch Strap?

    Does anyone put some kind of cover over the winch? If its the sunlight that kills the strap, seems like it wouldn't be all that hard to come up with something that will cover the extended piece of strap, plus the top of the spool? Maybe not worth the effort, but certainly seems doable.
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    New Winch or Winch Strap?

    The other night, in the middle of some crazy shenanigans, my winch strap snapped. It has been looking a little iffy lately but it snapped before I got around to addressing it. And no I didn't lose the boat on the highway :D I'm just wondering, is there any reason NOT to replace just the...
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    90hp outboard died suddenly, wouldn't restart

    I don't often have time to work on my boat motor, this is going to be a slowwwww process where i update every week or two.
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    90hp outboard died suddenly, wouldn't restart

    That gas isn't too old either and I use it every week. Plus I drove the boat long enough to definitely use all of the fuel from the driveway test in the fuel line and carb bowls so I'm pretty confident theres no problem there. My lawnmower gas tank is also one of the modern unvented ones you...
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    90hp outboard died suddenly, wouldn't restart

    uhhhh, what?
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    90hp outboard died suddenly, wouldn't restart

    Well I guess this is where I'll start. So if I am getting good spark on all three plugs, what does that mean? If I am getting no spark on all three plugs, do I have to do something else to diagnose the stator or does that pretty much identify the problem at that point? How far in the motor...
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    90hp outboard died suddenly, wouldn't restart

    Here's a link to the full story, a non-technical post just about the craziness of recovering my boat after it died: https://forums.iboats.com/threads/boat-died-on-the-charles-river-massachusetts-had-to-self-rescue.779449/
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    Boat Died on the Charles River (Massachusetts) - Had to Self Rescue!

    I wanted to tell all the details of this crazy night I just had, separate from trying to figure out what is actually wrong with the motor, and how to fix it. So I made a separate post for the actual repair. This post is just for the story! My boat is a 15' Thundercraft bowrider with a Mercury...
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    90hp outboard died suddenly, wouldn't restart

    Part 2 of my adventure, the actual problem . . . So I went for my first boat ride of the season today. I have a 1989 Mercury 90hp 3 cylinder, 2-stroke outboard. It can be a little tough to get started at first, but once its running, its very reliable. Thats my assessment going all the way back...
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