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    Acceleration problem

    I am looking at a 120 HP Evinrude. It is about an '86 model and the compression check shows it to be very good, with not more than 4 or 5 pounds difference in any of the cylinders. The problem we are having is that it doesn't want to take the fuel. It idle's well and is ok at slow speed, but...
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    New powerhead Breakin?

    I have just rebuilt the powerhead on my '86-135 HP Mariner. Now I suppose I need to know the recomended procedure for breaking in a rebuilt power head. Before anyone says, "it is just like breaking in a new one", let me say that I've never owned a new one (have had plenty of outboards, but...
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    Mercury switch and Overheating

    I recently bought a boat that had a 1986 Mariner, 135 HP motor with a bad cylinder on it. I intended to scrap the motor, but after we looked at it a little closer, it was so clean that I decided to try to rebuild it. We got the machine work done and new parts and got everything back together...
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    '86 Mariner, Mysterious magnet

    I am rebuilding a 135 Mariner with the help of a friend. It is a 1986 model with the serial no of A910518, and is oil injected. I don't have any real history on the motor because it wasn't running when I bought the boat.It had no compression due to a bad cylinder but since the motor looked as...
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