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Hi,
Fairly new to outboards, brand new to mercs, have a few questions about this motor i acquired more or less from being thrown out
1) I can't seem to make it trim all the way down?? i'm baffled even with the pin right out??
2) engine starts but there is a tonn of debris/carbon/burned residue...
hi, motor is running good enough i think, i'm more concerned about the spray pattern at the back..doesn't seem quite right. this is a short clip of me 220lb and my mom ~110 lb @ WOT in a 12' aluminum. alone i get 38km/h max speed. now i don't have the tilt pin in, it's been lost, could this...
Hi -- see video at bottom
So I got this motor at the end of last year and it would not idle. Over the winter I've done the impeller+housing, carb kit, replaced the cracked bearing carrier, changed the spark plugs and replaced the slow speed knob. It now idles!
There seems to be some water...
while it's out i figured i'd change my prop seals--
my question is:
are part #'s 7, 2, 4 and 3 INSIDE the bearing carrier already? when i took it off the only loose part was #32
i'm assuming #53 is already mounted in the prop as i didnt see any loose pieces for that either?
also there was no...
