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    1976 merc 1500 ignition problems

    Hello all, I have yet another question. This is an ingnition issue. The boat will start and run fine however, now when we hit the key to the off position, the motor does not shut off?? I dont know enough about a boat ingnition to tell on what should be hot or not when shutting the switch off...
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    1976 merc 150hp prop

    Hello all. I have a 76 merc 150hp inline 6 1500. we had a 4 blade 4x13.5x15. 15 being the pitch from what I was told.I broke the carbon fiber prop and bought a 21 pitch 3 blade and was told that should do fine. however before when we had the 4 blade we were reving 5500 RPM and now with the new...
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    how to test the water pump on 76 merc 150hp

    I have a 1976 Merc 150HP, if you have read my previous post then you know that I just put a waterpump new bottom half of the motor and seals and gaskets. I had issues with the realigning of the transmission. got it to work forward/ reverse netural. everything working. My question is how do you...
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    Needed info 1976 Merc 150 H.P

    Hello all!! I'm new to this site and working on boats altogether.I/m hoping that I can ask some question without sounding retarded. I have a 1976 Merc C1500LPTT motor on the back of a 1976 Check Mate boat. I was told that when I got the boat that the motor needed a water pump. I have located the...
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