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    1976 mercury 1150 block question

    Re: 1976 mercury 1150 block question unfortantly its not light i didnt get to it quick enough before it got worse. no i havent measured the bores yet dont have anything to measure them with. i just planned on buying oversize pistons. theres a thread i started a while back about rebuilding my...
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    1976 mercury 1150 block question

    I have a quick question about my mercury block, last year I started to do a rebuild on the engine and the block has been sitting around with diffrent weather conditions but not to extreme. recently it had condensation on it and a couple cylinder walls have rust on them, will i be able to save it...
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    1972 or 76? mercury 1150 rebuild

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    1972 or 76? mercury 1150 rebuild

    Re: 1972 or 76? mercury 1150 rebuild piston 3 piston 4 piston 5 piston 6 forgot to mention the reason behind tearing it down. first thing this morning i did a compression check and 1,2,3,5 and 6 where all 145ish while 4 was 75psi if that
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    1972 or 76? mercury 1150 rebuild

    Re: 1972 or 76? mercury 1150 rebuild cylinder number 1 cylinder number 2 cylinder number 3
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    1972 or 76? mercury 1150 rebuild

    Re: 1972 or 76? mercury 1150 rebuild so i did manage to take the boat down to the lake and test her..no i didnt take video was having issues not to happy about it didnt run right at all i think i got the timing off a little so im goin to wait for a friend to come over that rebuilds boat engines...
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    1972 or 76? mercury 1150 rebuild

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    1972 or 76? mercury 1150 rebuild

    Re: 1972 or 76? mercury 1150 rebuild heres a quick update on her.. i have the gaskets kits, trim pump, and a few other supplies on order and should arive around tuesday maybe wednesday at the lastest. also waiting on that stud remover to come in at sears, and also for my buddy to get his...
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    1972 or 76? mercury 1150 rebuild

    Re: 1972 or 76? mercury 1150 rebuild had to resize these pics i guess there is a limit size...as for the bolts i barely turned them and they snapped right away
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    1972 or 76? mercury 1150 rebuild

    Re: 1972 or 76? mercury 1150 rebuild ok thanks carholme that will help a lot when ordering new parts....have to save that website might come in handy down the road...anyhow here are some pics that i just took.. the pic of the cap is what it looks like inside..not sure if its good still, looks...
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    1972 or 76? mercury 1150 rebuild

    So i decided to do a rebuild on the ole girl since i have nothing else to do.. the serial number is 4394897 which i was told is a 1972 from one guy then looking around at other webistes it comes up as a 76 so im not sure which one it is exactly. my plan is to take the block off and replace all...
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    Time for new carpet

    Title says it all im looking for a good quality carpet and glue to redo the carpet in my 1991 vision bass boat..ive looked on basspro, cabelas and so on and from what i can tell all the carpet they sell is not so good and same with the glue. so any help with this would help a lot money is not an...
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    trim pump help

    I need some help finding a new trim pump to replace the factory pump i have..ive attached a pic of the one i have now, the motor ziezed up in it wont turn or anything i replaced the brushes about 6 mths ago and it worked for a while but now nothing..i have been looking at some new units on here...
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    1972 mercury 115 stator wiring

    i there i was wondering if you can rewire the wires coming from the stator if they are old and breaking..i know i seen a post a while back on here that a guy did it but i cant find it here if anyone can help me on this it would help..my dad is a master avionic installer for planes so he knows...
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    1972 mercury trim pump

    once again this is another thread on the pump...my pumps brushes kinda disengrated themselfs a while back and cant find them anymore...talked to a few electrical motor repair shops and they also said they couldnt help fix it so here i am looking for a new one so which one would work and that...
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    1972 mercury trim pump

    once again this is another thread on the pump...my pumps brushes kinda disengrated themselfs a while back and cant find them anymore...talked to a few electrical motor repair shops and they also said they couldnt help fix it so here i am looking for a new one so which one would work and that...
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    anticavitation plate cracked

    ok heres my issue was taking off the lower unit to replace my impeller and noticed my anticavitation plate was cracked and looks like someone tried to weld it before...well the weld didnt hold and now i have this piece of the plate that is only held on by the whale tale..my ? is will it be an...
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    running engine after taking out of water

    just had a ? about running the engine after taking the boat out of water i see a lot of ppl doing it after bass tournaments and was wondering if they are doing it to get all the water out of the pump and head...cause theres a few that run theirs for 5 mins or so and its still pissing...
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    Need help in buying new prop

    im looking at buying a new prop for my boat the one i have on it now is the aluminum factory one and it haves some dings in it from goin to the lake this weekend. i want to buy a ss prop but not sure what to go with or where to even start the prop i have now is a 13x19.. the motor is a 1972...
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    Which prop for my boat/engine

    hey there im currently looking at purchasing a new prop for my boat. at the moment i have either the factory prop or a remanufactured one its a 13x19 on a 1972 mercury 1150 115hp thunderbolt. ive been reading old posts on here but the issue with most of them is the boats are newer..mine is a...
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