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    Merc blueband 50 bitsa more gear selection problems!

    I looked at my merc 50 bitsa again and I seem to have a different problem to the one I thought I had.<br /><br />I have used the entire lower leg incl shift shaft from a 73 50hp blueband with the powerhead from an 84 blueband. The shift shaft is fouling on the bottom of the lower floatbowl...
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    Merc 50 bitsa won't engage forward properly

    I've got a mercury 50 blueband here built out of 2 engines.<br />It's the leg and L/U of a 1973 and the powerhead from an 84ish coil ignited engine.<br />I've just changed the impeller and changed the gearchange shaft back to the '73 one from as there was a crack in the 84 shift lever ally...
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    Get a look at this I found on ebay...it's beautiful

    Have a look at this-it's gorgeous. Shame I really don't have that kinda cash lying around.<br /><br /> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1296&item=4539988089&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW#ebayphotohosting
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    I sold a car to an idiot today and he's haunting me

    Sold my old Ford mondeo on Ebay today-it didnt have enough ground clearance to get up the farm track to where my boat's stored so it had to go.<br /><br />The bloke came up to collect from about 130 miles away on the train. He looked tired when he arrived and was strangely uncommunicative but...
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    Crescent/Archimedes/Volvo penta 5hp fuel/oil mix

    Does anyone happen to know the fuel/oil mix for the 5hp volvo penta/crescent aircooled engine?
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    Check this out guys...is this yet another scam?

    Just spotted this on ebay-at its current price it's worth me bidding and shipping to the UK but I'm kinda dubious that it might well be a scam. Any opinions?<br /> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=88433&item=5564500968&rd=1
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    Possible ex-military merc 50

    I've been offered yet another 50hp blueband merc. It's one of the last ones with the 4 coil ignition, pullstart only and it runs like an absolute dream.<br /><br />There's only one problem.There's no s/n plate on the clamp and no holes where one's ever been.There's no s/n on the block...
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    Running lights...what's legal?

    I have the normal port/starboard/steaming/anchor lights on my boat, but as it was used on the canals here there's also a pair of rather bright spotlights on the cabin roof too. They were intended for the canal tunnels over here-dark smelly unlit places up to 2 miles long.<br />What's the...
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    Oils for aircooled high revving bike engine

    Hey lubedude or oildoc, is there any way of telling whether or not an oil is designed to take the higher temperatures that an aircooled high-revving engine produces?<br /> I'm trying to find something that I can put in my girlfriend's street legal aircooled ex-dragbike. <br />At the moment it's...
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    Yanmar Diesel outboards- What are they like and Where can I get one?

    The gas useage of my 50hp merc is beginning to wear a bit thin now... it's close to £4 per gallon for petrol in the UK so I'm spending £20 per hour running at WOT.I'm seriously thinking about going over to a yanmar d27 or d36 diesel outboard. Speed aint really an issue when the price of red...
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    It wasn't a good first time out...

    Ok, after cracking up at some of the stupid things you guys have done and seen I figure I oughta add my tale of woe...<br /><br />About 8 years ago I bought my 1st boat,a 14' dory with a cuddy and a 25 johnson e/start.Me, 2 friends and the dog went down to Poole Harbour in October to try it out...
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    Leg swap Early/late merc 50...do they fit?

    I've got 2 merc 50's in my garage, and due to getting a new boat I now need a short shaft... Unfortunately on the short shaft I've got the powerhead is seized solid. It's a 1973 500 Thunderbolt. The other merc 50 I have is one of the late blue band 50's or possibly a brown band (it's been...
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