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    Tiller handle issues

    I have a 1968 Merc 20hp. When I want to troll the throttle goes back down to idle and keeping my hand on the throttle is difficult when your trying to rig a pole. How can I stiffin up the throttle because on plane the throttle is sensitive and any bump in the water causes me to hit the gas by...
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    Sunk My Boat

    Me and my buddy richard were trying to pull my boat over our bulkhead using a winch and a ramp I made. Well we couldn't ge it up so we tryed pushing it back down the ramp. The transom went completely under and the boat filled up with water. We spent two hrs bailing in knee deep water. We...
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    Clattering from outdrive

    I have a cruiser powered with a 383 MPI with Bravo One outdrive. Heres the problem at idle I can here a clattering noise from the outdrive. I'm guessing this would come from the gimble bearing. If that were true wouldn't I hear a different noise than clattering. The clattering also appears when...
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    Mercury controls

    The throttle lever on my boat is really loose and has alot of play. The boat is an 86 the entire powertrain less than a year old but the throttle and shift box is original and is falling apart and the throttle handle wiggles all over the place. Is this a safety issue or can I adjust it or is it...
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    35hp Chrysler cuts off

    My chrysler will start up and run but once you get the boat going it runs full throttle and then all of a sudden it slows down and cuts off. I recently replaced the diaphram in the fuel pump. Dan
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    NGK plugs

    I have a 1968 20hp Mercury and I went to the auto parts store this morning to pick up some new plugs. I asked for the champion plugs which Mercury recomends. Well al they had were the NGK version of the champion plugs I needed. Heres my question can I use these plugs i'm pretty sure I can. What...
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    Electric Starting 20hp

    I Have a 1968 Merc 200. I was wondering what electric start kits would fit on this engine. Like what year engines shared the same starter kit. Thanks, Dan
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    Should I Sell My Mercury

    I have a 1968 20hp mercury a few of you are familiar with. I got it from my uncle the engine has 11 hrs on it and I just changed the impeller and it runs great. Heres why I want to sell it it's a little to much power for my boat. And I figure with the condition it's in I could buy a newer...
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    My 20hp Mercury Video

    I figured I would post a video of my 1968 20hp Mercury with ohhh about 15 hrs on it now. the video isn't long but here it is plus the engine is a little to trimmed out. It's still to scarry to punch it and hold the throttle down it gets to unstable. Dan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8267JGx1n2Y
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    20hp starting

    My 1968 Mercury with 11 hrs on it still has original spark plugs and all original equipment but it takes for pulls to start after its been sitting for a week. Heres my starting procedure and it works every time. Turn throttle to start put choke on pull cord twice then turn choke off pull once...
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    1968 Mercury 20hp (11hrs old)

    here is the story behind this motor. I got it from my uncle today in the mail its 11 hrs old and hasn't been run In 15 years. si i get it put it on the stand and connect a fuel line mixed at 24 to 1 just to be safe since it had been sitting. I looked under the cowl and everything was new looking...
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    Werker Batteries

    We bought some batteries for our boat back in august from a battery plus store. Both batteries produce 980 CCA amps each. anyway the brand was Werker we could have got a set of trojan batteries but we had to special order them and they were really exspensive. Anyway these bateries are non...
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    Powerhead Removal

    I have a clogged water passage in my 1963 20hp Mercury. the only way to diagnose the problem is for me to remove the powerhead. And I'm not sure of the porper procedure to remove the powerhead on this motor and since i have heard these mercs are tricky to work on and i was wondering if anyone...
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    Replaced water pump but no water coming out.

    I recently replaced my impeller in my 1963 20hp mercury. after some work with the ignition system I got it fire up and it ran really nice smooth. But no water coming out of the hole so i shut it off. Now i'm guesing that some thing is clogged up restricting water flow. recently I did flush it...
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    update on 20hp thread repair and waterpump change

    Well I don't know if anyone remembers but I had a waterpump issue and stripped spark plug hole issue. On my 1963 20hp Mercury. My friend and i were able to change our first waterpump thanks to Laddies and the schematic he gave me. The next problem I had with it was a stripped sparkplug hole...
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    Heli-coil on cylinder head

    When I was trying to start my 1963 20hp Mercury that I recently bought I heard a loud pop and then some smoke. So I lifted the hood off and sure enough I blew the bottom spark plug out of the cylinder head. So i'm guessing that the bottom cylinder head was stripped some time ago by the owner...
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    20hp Mercury

    My 1963 mercury has a shift lever on it and it says push up to start and warm-up. Well pushing the lever up means i'm in forward. Now why would mercury say put it in gear to start or is there something i'm not getting here. And if not what am i missing and why this doesn't make since. Thanks,Dan
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    Removing lower unit

    I finally figured out what year engine I have. It's a 1964 Mercury 200 20HP. i got it to run in a bucket and it ran alright the points probably need to be sanded and gapped. Well i'm an OMC guy and i'm not use to the whole Mercury thing and I wanted to get some info. While running in the bucket...
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    Changing Waterpump on 20hp

    just recently I bought a 20 HP Mercury off of ebay year 1963-1965 i'm not really sure yet. Anyway i heard that these engines are tricky to work on as far as replacing replacing the waterpump goes. what do I have to do to replace the waterpump on this engine Thanks, Dan
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    Vintage Formula Parts

    Howdy all our boat has been in the fiberglass shop getting some work done after it had fallen off the lift and smashed up against the neighbors dock. There are two holes along the starboard side getting repaired and a chunk is missing off the back of a planing chine on the bottom of the boat...
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