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    1987 Evinrude 200hp outboard resto/rebuild

    Re: Update 02-02-2011 cot'd Re: Update 02-02-2011 cot'd Need to move them a tad to clear shifter, see edited pic's below. Your pistons are OEM .030 overs and the rings are part #431844. Be careful when replaceing rings as these pistons have a 7? taper on top ring and a rectangular bottom ring...
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    1982 MARINER 2.0L 150 ELPT Piston and Cylindar Specs.

    Re: 1982 MARINER 2.0L 150 ELPT Piston and Cylindar Specs. Bore size is 3.125 and measure the top,middle and bottom of each cylinder at the 1,3,6,9 o'clock postion in cylinder. If its more than .003 oversize or out of round it will need boring.
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    1987 Evinrude 200hp outboard resto/rebuild

    Re: 1987 Evinrude 200hp outboard resto/rebuild Its on the front crankcase half below the last carb,the pic below shows the front mounting studs. Yes... If you want to,its just a vent..... No ... The hole size and if it needs tapped depends on elbow type used, the one in picture is factory...
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    1987 Evinrude 200hp outboard resto/rebuild

    Re: 1987 Evinrude 200hp outboard resto/rebuild Here are pic's of venting lower bearing....
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    Merc v6 150 - Pisser Smoking and no water - video enclosed

    Re: Merc v6 150 - Pisser Smoking and no water - video enclosed Yes as it feeds water to adapter plate. This is correct for later models, but this one has starboard t-stat housing feeding bypass on poppet valve. The tattle tale comes off adapter plate for this model. (see picture,item c) The...
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    unsure

    Re: unsure OMC made a 85hp V-4 Javlin in late 70's and early 80's :)
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    ram air on an outboard?

    Re: ram air on an outboard? We had one of these we ran on our weekend race boat and worked pretty good except for blowing exhaust gaskets. Ran 114 mph on radar gun and it was a STOCK motor!!!!:D
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    Winterize/Maintain engine for Winter

    Here is a link from Boats.net that pretty much covers all you need to store you engine over winter.... http://www.mercurypartsus.com/forum4/maintenance-matters-how-winterize-your-mercury-outboard-th612.html
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    "mercury grey fuel lines"

    If you have a OEM Mercury fuel line and it has RED writing on it ,ditch it as its the one with liner thats fall apart and the one with blue writing is OK.. I was told there is a Merc SB on this but have failed to find a copy..
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    Cheap fuel lines........

    Please fellows do not waste your money on the "off brand" grey fuel hoses. Buy the Merc or Brp hose and bulb... These are packaged "alcohol" resist but only the liner inside line is resistant. Below is pictures from yesterdays repair on a buddy of mine's BFL boat.. He was having: surging...
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    What you cant see....

    Had a littletime on my hand sooooo.... I yanked a old 91 2 liter block from them scrap pile and split it!!:D Here you can see the sleeve in the aluminum casting and the porting. The sleeves are held in a jig and a sand cast mold is formed around them,molten aluminum is then poured in mold and...
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    2.5 175 Sport Jet block repair

    Customer sent me this block as he was told it was not repairable, the #2 cylinder leaned out and piston siezed in bore, broke the rod and hammered the front intake. Here is before and after pictures.....
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    Lower unit interchange chart

    I have seen quite a number of posts asking for this so here goes: .....(This chart for direct bolt on with no part changes)............ Horsepower--------------------------------------Years that interchange 40/48/50/55/60..... (small diameter housing)..................1976-1988...
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    Reason to have a tach!!

    2003 Merc 50hp
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    BRP have lost their mind!!

    Working on customers 1972 25hp lower unit and needed the bushing for shift shaft as it was worn quite a bit. Called my friendly Johnrude dealer to see if he had it in stock which he did. Trotted over, shot the bull for a while and got ready to leave when another customer came in. He was needing...
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    Crane Cam's Closes Doors!!!

    Crane cams is closed! OUT OF BUSINESS! The big picture of the company Mikronite itself. The 2 big main things they made were cutting tools for Stanley Corp & Dewalt. And the Aerospace division was shut down last year. This will have a direct effect as they did make parts for other company's...
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    Customers Hall of Fame!!

    Some of the items I have kept to show other customers/technicians. First 3 pictures show piston and cracked rod with intact bearings.This is from customer servicing his engine and read on the "internet" he could reuse his head gaskets, this was a 1993 200 Evinrude that $40.00 worth of gaskets...
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    What Year/Hp does this fit??

    Pretty sure it came off a Merc, had it stuck in top of tool box for 20+ years!
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