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  1. Texasmark

    Where's The Float?

    Working on fuel problems and thought while I was ordering parts, I'd go ahead and get carb kits for my engine; haven't removed them as yet. Went to MMarine and got the pn (1395-823635_4) for the carb kit and the picture of the kits shows no float but includes needle valve. Went back to the...
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    Faztbullet and jerryjerry05 Question for you guys.

    You too Chris 1956 Have an '02 3 cyl 90 Merc. It sits in the "garage" for a couple of months or so between outings. I have tested the fuel enrichment solenoid and know it works. Also after getting the engine started, if it coughs, I can energize the FE valve and the engine recovers, so I...
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    Year Model Question

    Years ago, I had a 4 cyl 85 Merc, TTL cylinders outside the clamp brackets...old style lower unit/midsection, don't remember if it was DC or not (would be nice to know if it was) but it had 3 stripes down the side of the black cowl, one red, one blue, and I think the third color was silver...
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    New Fangled Dangle Prop Hubs.

    Was surfing props today, starting with iboats (of course) Merc props. My 24P XL Ballistic lets my stock 90HP, 2.3:1, 4 1/4" gearbox, 17' tin lizzie, run up around 5600 to 5800 rpm's in a straight away with 2ea. 200# folks, fuel, and gear....normal load. Holds pretty good in a tight turn...
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    Idle smoothness of Cross Flow vs. Loop fuel scavenged engines.

    Was just surfing the Chrysler site and noticed that Frank had a new toy, a shaved head for a triple. I noticed the size of the wedge was much smaller, indicating to me that a lot of material had been removed. But that trigged a question and I may have heard it before, so if you choose..... I...
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    ebay curiousity

    Was trolling around ebay today and noticed a lot of engine (cowling) covers for sale, a disproportionate number considering the other OB parts for sale. Is there a message here or am I just reading something into this? Mark
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    Ok You Guys, Here Come the Credits:

    Back in October like 15th thru 23rd I had this horrendous problem I created for myself by deciding to tweak my low speed carb screws because during the drought and subsequent heat wave of 90 days of temps over 100F my engine would die after a run on the lake and in an attempt to go from the dock...
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    One more question 3 cyl 90 Merc carburetors

    I got my linkage parts in yesterday and installed them. Then I went through the linkage setup per the manual and in hindsight it looks like I got it all per the book. The interesting part of the experience was that in the linkage section it mentioned setting the carbs at a certain place and...
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    Hey Sprky.............What's your favorite beverage?

    Ok man. Eatin Crow on this end. Once I read your profile, I felt you knew what you were talking about rather than just yakin. I thought back concerning the last few minutes on my last outing which was pretty hot and I had been running long enough for the interior of the cowl (engine) to...
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    It's Me again, new question on same topic

    Something I noticed that I thought odd was when the engine would apparently attempt to fire off the loafing cylinder and I guess all the accumulated fuel in the cylinder exploded all at once and made the big bang and puff of smoke out the exhaust, I had smoke pop out in an unusual place...
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    CDI Pulse Pack Reliability

    In searching for one of my current problems, I got to thinking about my CDI pulse packs. They have the Merc P/N 827509-XX. The engine was built in '02 and the dash was A8. Then one failed about '06 and the replacement was a -A9. Today I am looking at the Merc parts site and current...
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    My turn. Hello Certified Merc engine mechanics, Faztbullet, CharlieB and the rest

    I spent a few minutes looking for access to the archives and I couldn't find them...help would be appreciated there, but not the issue. Last time I was out (Mayish timeframe) after a stellar hour or so (off and on) of my usual blasting around the lake at WOT like I like to do, my trusty '02 3...
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    Some people just blow smoke!

    I seldom visit this site but am compelled to do so today. I wanted to grease my trailer hubs and I liked the grease I used previously which of a peculiar color and made specifically for marine trailer bearings...had a nice stickiness about it that you couldn't hardly wash off your hands, much...
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    Merc Hot Dog Engine Oil

    Well today it happened. I have been "surmising" that the top of the line Merc oil was synthetic. Apparently WRONG. Today I am at WW and lo and behold I see a quart of Quicksilver "synthetic blend". Pricing on it was $3.77 where Merc's TOL oil to date was/has been $3.45. Well so much for the...
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    For all you folks choking on 2 stroke smoke.

    The last couple of days I have been on a nostalgic acquisition caper and stumbled upon something I found interesting. Back in the 1949 era, the documentation I discovered (www.wizardoutboardforum.com) said that the oil ratio for one of the small Wizard engines (Western Auto sold, built my Merc)...
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    Comment on Good Year Marathon tires

    I read a fair mount on here concerning the pros and cons of Marathon tires. I just put new tires on a travel trailer with a '93 build date that apparently a pair of OEM ST Marathon tires still on it. In deciding to "retire" I checked the tire for weather cracking and found very little to the...
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    Sobriety Test

    Well, I can't seem to find any where else to put a topic such as this but I think it's important to the viewers. From time to time, respondents offer responses that are out of line with their normal character. Old timers can detect this but NEWBIES can't. You have to separate the straw from...
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    Water in Gearcase Possible False Alarm

    You know, hardly a day passes and you don't learn something new. We were talking about 3 and 6 jaw reverse clutches on the newer 60 (bigfoot)and 75-125 hp engines today so I had my serv man out and was looking the area over, beins I couldn't sleep and I wanted something to go with my cookies...
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    Merc 85 hp year model identification

    Caught myself telling a lie yesterday. I was talking about an 85 hp Merc 4 cyl I had back in the '80's (I THINK) and said I bought it without power trim. Well that was the first lie because I distinctly remember running over a concrete anchor to a marina at considerable speed (making a U-turn...
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    '50's model 25-35 hp questions

    Was over in props talking about things and the subject of OMC cubic inch displacement came up concerning the old twins that started out at 25 hp (with the sliding throttle across the front and pressurized fuel tank) up through the twin 35's of roughly the '58-59 era. Many a time, as a...
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