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  1. Texasmark

    Spark Plug Half-Fouling

    I totally agree on surface gaps. The Mercury service manual for my engines lists surface gaps and a conventional gapped plug alternate. On the location of the carbon buildup it depends on the fuels position within the combustion chamber when the plug fires. Fuel enters in a swirling motion.
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    90 HP Mercury 2-stoke troubleshooting starter

    The spinning starter drives the gear up the shaft. When you remove power to the starter the spring is supposed to return the gear to the motor end of the shaft. Probably rusted and just stuck. With the gear engaged in the flywheel, the starter motor will either turn the flywheel or the...
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    Advice for Portable Fuel Tank Mercury 115hp Command Thrust

    I had a fuel pump on my '88 115 tower and my current 2002 115 4 cyl looper. Funny as a teen, I didn't know why OMC used a dual hose to their tank even though you had to pump up the tank and didn't understand why just that you had to do it to get the enginestarted to use it but I thought it was...
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    Surprise My electric car is not charged.

    Watching the TV program, CSI Miami, there is an awful lot of real estate that isn't very far above the surface of the water.......boy is that going to be a mess one of these days. May have to do something like NOLA and install sealed bulkheads and pumps.
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    Starter fluid everytime....

    Amazing the difference between choking effect of a closed choke vs a 90% closed choke. Some of my lawnmowers are real picky that way.
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    This isn't a boat post but it can effect every boat with a squeeze bulb fuel primer, regardless of the brand of the engine.

    I cut the two open to see why they were so hard to squeeze. The OEM had 3 layers of rubber...the outer shell and an inner adjacent to the outer. Then inside was a separate, shorter, narrower, thicker sleeve and probably was the big reason for that being so hard to squeeze from the onset. The...
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    Advice for Portable Fuel Tank Mercury 115hp Command Thrust

    My current boat is a 2002 model with a 24 gallon built in tank. I don't boat very often any more, and when boating don't stay out very long and don't use much fuel. I didn't like the idea of that large tank and trying to ensure that I had fresh fuel. I bought a couple of portable 6 gallon...
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    Small and light boat for 5+ people?

    I bought a new 1971, 16' Chrysler Sports Fury fiberglass tri-hull with an 85 HP Chrysler engine for my family of 6....4 smaller children. It was light and very stable being a tri-hull and at the transom was pretty flat. Had plenty of power to pull 2 kids at a time on skis and room enough...
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    This isn't a boat post but it can effect every boat with a squeeze bulb fuel primer, regardless of the brand of the engine.

    I'll check them out. Thanks for the tip.
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    This isn't a boat post but it can effect every boat with a squeeze bulb fuel primer, regardless of the brand of the engine.

    The old Merc./Quicksilver diamond shape was bulletproof but couldn't be sold anymore due to new restrictions that it couldn't meet. I had purchased another boat and no longer had that one. The first of my purchases for the newer boat was an OEM 3' bulb-hose package for about $35.....yeah, no...
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    This isn't a boat post but it can effect every boat with a squeeze bulb fuel primer, regardless of the brand of the engine.

    Not going into all what I went through but today's EPA approved squeeze bulbs are plague ridden nuisances. After several days of scratching my head because my engine wouldn't start for this season, I determined that it didn't have enough fuel in the combustion chamber to combust. Problem...
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    What torque for my prop?

    My service manual for 90-125 HP Mercs specifies 55 foot-lbs. I think they don't want any slipping...........
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    Anyone tried one of these boats?

    Well now I know of the reason for the unique design. Thanks.
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    Lake depth and how shallow can you run?

    As others have said, if putting along you can tilt/trim up and essentially run in the depth that the hull doesn't hit bottom. The problem lies in your wanting to get some speed and attempt to get on plane.....the stern will sink before it rises to a higher level. On some boats running...
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    Boating with small children ( Toddlers ) Best Life Vest.

    Whatever you do get one with a crotch strap and use it. When my daughter was about 10 as I recall, she fell off her skis and when she did, her rigid foam life jacket (without the strap) came up over her head and forced it under the water. I slammed the throttle to the firewall, made a fast U...
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    Scratched brand new boat

    I bought a brand new boat in 1971 and as I was leaving the dealership, I stopped in their lot and checked several things ensuring that they were roadworthy. Some old man in a campered pickup backed into the boat and smashed a hole in the side of it. It took a couple of months for a local boat...
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    Phil Dill Sunbeam Cruiser Craft

    I bought a couple of boats from Phil back in the 1970's. He had a good selection, customer oriented sales force, and priced right. He was one of the two large dealers in Lewisville, Tx. and may have been the one with a hole he made and filled with water and service attributes on I-35 N. of...
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    Anyone tried one of these boats?

    Somebody from the US North West probably could explain the rocking chair design of the boats used on those rivers. That's the only place I have seen them.
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    No power to ignition switch

    So is it the solenoid or the power to it? Get across the small terminals on the solenoid and flip the switch. If you get no 12v you have a supply problem. If you get 12v time for a new solenoid. Some times I have bypassed the solenoid to ensure that its the problem, being internal or supply...
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    No power to ignition switch

    If I am picking up correctly on this, its not your lack of power to the ign switch, its the fact that when you roll it over to the start position nothing happens but you hear a "click"??????? The click is probably the solenoid switch which is located close to the starter and usually contains...
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