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I feel the same way, there has to be one of the adjustment screws that's not set right. I will dig a little deeper into the culprit. I bought the Haines manual but to be honest, out of the 400-plus pages of the service manual about 20 pages are dedicated to my specific motor and it's all timing...
No, I have 2 sets of clamps one set in the controller itself the other is in the front of the motor and all are in working condition. I have noticed that there is a slight bit of slop of maybe 3/8'' from the initial movement in the forward direction till the cables move the throttle. So I backed...
No sir, I just rebuilt the carb and the butterfly plate will spring back to the closed/idle position freely. The reason I have asked about the Throttle arm on the motor springing back to idle is that I have seen videos of people with my exact year of motor manually revving the motor using the...
Okay, on the throttle cable, I have the adjustment barrel as far as it will go IE the thaft with the threads is fully exposed and I can't increase the stroke of the cable any further. I didn't mention it previously but I have replaced both the Shift/Throttle cables with new ones. I have checked...
Okay so if the throttle cable is disconnected should the linkage move back to idle on its own? The spring on the carb is not that strong to move the whole linkage by itself with the cable disconnected correct?
Hello, I have a question about my 1986 Mercury 35hp Outboard. My issue is that my throttle linkage will not return to idle after accelerating. So for example, if I shift into forward go WOT and then come back to neutral the RPMs are still raised. I took the cover off and the motor and saw that...
So after swapping coils I have confirmed that coil 2 is not getting spark. At this point I'm thinking this is a CDI issue. If you have any suggestions please let me know.
So I went home on my lunch break and checked spark on both cylinders and sure enough, the bottom of the two cylinders has no spark. I should have known something was wrong when I did my compression test and the bottom cylinder spark plug was like new with no carbon buildup at all on it. So my...
Hello everyone, I'm having an unsolvable issue with my 1989 Mercury 35hp 2-stroke tilt and trim motor. I have been having a specific issue of not being able to go full speed with my motor. The issue I've had is the motor is very finicky. It starts with my rough idle so I adjust the air/fuel...
