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My 2017 Mercury 9.9 has a very high idle in neutral. When slowly putting the gear into forward, it calms down to an idle, which is fine, but if I try to go to reverse from neutral it revs up super high and slams into gear. Does anyone know what may be the cause of this?
I have a a 2000 Mercruiser 5.0 305 Bryant 196. I needed a Serpentine Belt today on a Holiday weekend. O'Reilly Auto Parts was no help. Advance Auto Parts helped me cross reference a belt that works beautifully. For anyone that doesn't want to spend a hundred dollars on a belt for a Mercruiser...
Hello, I'm hoping somebody here can help me. I rebuilt my carbs last year and developed a gas leak almost right after. I spent a long time chasing hoses but now I believe the gas is leaking directly from the carb, which means I may have made a mistake during the rebuild. I've looked everywhere...
Ok, I bought a 1985 Bayliner Capri 19ft at the end of last summer with the aq131a /275D outdrive for $3200 in great shape. It was running a little hot but never got what seemed to be too hot so I took it to the boat mechanic. I found out the transom was rotten and it needed a carb rebuild and...
Ok, so I'm new to the forum and was hoping someone could give me some pointers. Last summer I bought an '85 Bayliner with the aq131a, I thought everything was good to go on it but was having trouble with carb so I took it to a local boat shop here in Huntsville, AL. Well it turns out the transom...
