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    water leaking from cover w/pics

    hey guys there is water leaking from one of the covers from my engine, I would go ahead and take it apart but due to the ammount of bolts that is used Iam not sure if I should without knowing what Iam getting into, anyways the pic with the red circle is where the water is leaking out of there is...
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    water leaking

    hey guys, today when I was flushing my motor with the cover off I noticed that it is leaking water out of the what I want to call the timing cover, It is a 75 merc 650, and its coming out of the cover that says spark stop, throttle stop etc, anyone have any idea whats going on and what I should...
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    Smart Tabs Q, with pics?

    hey guys, I have been reading the posts about the smart tabs and am convinced they will definatly help my situation, I have a 14ft f/g boat with a 75 merc 650, 65hp, right now I can go about 30mph with 2 ppl on board and full fuel although its a little unstable sometimes it leans to one side or...
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    prop for merc 650

    hey guys I have a 75 merc 650 on a 14ft f/g boat, 65hp, and from what I understand from the person I bought the boat off of it still has the original prop on the boat, right now I get about 30mph@5000rpm with 2 people in the boat and 6gals of gas, Iam not sure what the WOT is supposed to be I...
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    4ft chop in 14ft

    hey guys I have a 14ft f/g with a 650merc on it, and I had it out on the ocean today for the first time and it was great going out but on the way back there was some serious chop, I estimated some of the waves to be around 4 1/2 feet and they were really close together, anyways numerous times...
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    max rpm for 75, 650merc

    hey guys I think I read somewhere that its 5200rpm, but would like to know for sure, right now Iam getting about 5000rpm@30mph with 2 full tanks(12gals) and 1 other person in the boat its a 14 ft f/g sportsmam...
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    spray in foam

    hey guys, there is spray in foam on sale at home depot right now for 50% off, they have it in extreme expanding 2lb, medium expanding 4lb, and minimal expanding 8lb, Iam just wondering how this foam would hold up as floatation under my floor, my floor has huge stringers, so floor support is not...
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    boat pulling to right

    hey guys tonite I had my boat out on the lake, it is a 14ft f/g with a 75 650merc, and after a few runs i noticed that it started feeling a little weird, and then when I was going WOT it was harshly pulling to the right, and I would turn the wheel to the left and it would just tilt the boat to...
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    Recomend a trolling motor?

    hey guys, Iam desperatly looking for a trolling motor for my boat, I have a 14ft f/g with a 75 merc650, I want a decent motor that I can troll with but that will also be able to move me a fair distance as backup for the just in case factor of my big motor, I was thinking between 6-9.9hp, but as...
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    Tilt on merc650

    how is origianl setup supposed to be on a 1976 merc 650, becuase everytime I want to lift up the engine I have to get into the water, pull out the pin that it locks onto and then lift the engine up, its been fine so far, as I have just been going to the local lake which is warm and close, but...
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    Hesitation Question

    hey guys I have a mid 70s, 650 on a 14ft sportsman, and I took it out today for the first time, ran great for the first 15 minutes or so took out into the middle of the lake and killed it and then ate a sandwhich, I then fired it back up and when I apply the throttle it goes to about 2000rpm and...
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    65 hp questions

    hey guys, So i went ahead and bought a boat today, a 14ft sportsman f/g it has a 65 merc on it the serial number is 7074254, so far it has run great, Iam going to take it out on the lake tomorow and really give it a run, anyways Iam wondering if you could tell me what year this motor is or how I...
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    Prop for 20hp seahorse

    hey guys Iam thinking about buying this boat its a 14' aluminum with 3 bench seats and it has a 81 20hp seahorse numbers are C8121921 J20CRCIM It has a few nicks and chips in the prop, and Iam just curious as to what kinda prop I would be looking at for this motor, and how much should a prop...
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    what year?

    hey guys Iam looking at a 14 foot mirror craft deepV with a 20hp johnston, numbers are C8121921 J20CRCIM anything else you could tell me about this boat or motor eg. reliability, servicability, etc would be great thanks in advance..
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