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    1979 Mercury 140hp bogs at WOT

    My friends and I rebuilt a 1 owner great compression 1979 Mercury 140hp Tower Of Power outboard. It is the 1st generation of electric ignition. We rebuilt the carbs, replaced wiring harness, internal fuel lines, fuel pump gasket , and spark plugs. I have had the problem pretty much since...
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    Starcraft Fishmaster 190 REDO

    Mercury 140 is giving me some grief. No spark on 2 and 3 after replacing a bunch of rotting wire. Got 2 to fire after replacing switchbox. going to work on it this weekend
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    Starcraft Fishmaster 190 REDO

    Added carpet to gunnels
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    Starcraft Fishmaster 190 REDO

    I Installed some power. 10 hp kicker motor and 140hp Merc
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    Starcraft Fishmaster 190 REDO

    Installed 2 bilge pumps and new live well pump. 1 bilge pump has a float switch. I added a buzzer and light to float switch to console to indicate high water in boat. The other bilge pump and live well pump are wired to on off switches on the cluster.
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    Starcraft Fishmaster 190 REDO

    Removed the sun faded torn vinyl from the gunnels. Painted them with truck bed liner material tinted to match the rest of the color scheme
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    2015 Starcraft Splash Of The Year Award nominations

    Just about finished my 1996 StarCraft Fishmaster 190 budget build redo. Rivet up rebuild of a 19 foot StarCraft for fishing. Here is a "Link" to build pictures...
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    Starcraft Fishmaster 190 REDO

    Brought a 97 Starcraft 190 that was heading to scrap yard. It was fished heavily for 18 years. I never build a boat before but was willing to throw some time and energy at the project The hull was pretty good shape but had some docking debts and rashes. The carpet and vinyl was worn. 1inch of...
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    Mercury 70HP runs great BUT wont shift into gear

    Motor been running great. Was fishing. Went to move to another spot. Started the motor in nutral / cold start. The enging revved a little high. I quickly lowered the cold start. Went to put the boat into gear and NOTHING. Motor idles fine, but will not go into forward no reverse. I...
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    1978 Mecury 700 will not go into gear.

    Went fishing today and ran into a problem. I use a dual binnacle control to operate both Mercury 700 and a Mercury 9.9 kicker motor. My 1978 Mercury 700 was running good. I would fished a little and would move to next spot. My problem started when I tried starting the 700 with the Neutral...
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    1978 Mercury 700 runs and then stalls

    I have an interesting problem. I have a 1979 Mercury 700 outboard. The problem is that outboard will run for a short period (several minutes) of time and stall. I think the outboard has lost its prime and stalls. I have tested with 3 different tanks / fuel cells, 2 different hoses and 3...
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    1979 Mercury 700 - 70HP 2stroke

    Over the next 60 days I am outfitting a new used fishing boat, 1984 Mirror Craft 17 foot center console. I have bought two rebuilt outboards, a 1979 Mercury 700 -70 hp and a 1999 Mercury 9.9 hp (long shaft electric start) - NOT SHOWN. I am trying to find information on the Merc 700. There...
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    Fuel Cell with 2 outboards

    Over the next 60 days I am outfitting a new used fishing boat, 1984 Mirror Craft 17 foot center console. I have bought two rebuilt outboards, a 70 hp 2 stroke and a 9.9 hp 2 stroke. There is a 26 gallon fuel cell located behind the helm that came with the boat. It is currently not...
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