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  1. fishdog4449

    '74 Mercury 1150 reed cages yamabond repair

    Hey guys! Yet another question for all you Merc Gurus! While I have the beast on the workbench with powerhead off, I want to make sure everything on the motor is in great condition. The motor ran before, but as you may have seen from my other post, she was gettin a little water in number 3 so...
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    Mercury 1150 powerhead removal question

    Hey guys! 1974 Merc 1150 Removed 8 bolts that hold the powerhead on as well as the shift linkage, and she wouldn't budge. what else do I have to remove to remove the powerhead?? Is is necessary to "break' it free or something like that with a mallet? I also dropped the lower unit so that the...
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    Mercury 1150 powerhead weight?

    Anyone know the approx. weight of 1974 merc 1150 powerhead? Pulling it to replace exhaust gaskets and need to know for lifting purposes. Thanks guys!
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    mercury 1150 flywheel bolts thread pattern?

    Anyone know the thread pattern for the eight bolts clustered around the inner part of the flywheel? (1974 Mercury 1150) Thanks!
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    mercury 1150 water in cylinder [UPDATED, removed powerhead with PICS]

    hey guys! Number 3 plug on the Mercury 1150 (1974) has little water droplets on it so I'm assuming water intrusion. Compression is 1-122 2-135 3-130 4-135 5-135 6-135 I haven't ran the motor in the water yet, just on the stand and it has not be decarbed (doing it today) My question is is this...
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    scariest boating incident / story

    What is the scariest time you have ever had boating? Mine is either this story or backing the trailer down the ramp for the first time!! In middle school, my buddy's parents had a house near Lewisetta near the mouth of the potomac. He had a 15' swan point center console with a little johnyrude...
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    mercury 80 1/8 vacuum line??

    what is the purpose of the 1/8 vacuum line running down the side of the engine? doesn't look like it connects to anything just runs from top to bottom of powerhead thanks
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    neat little sedan

    This is a cool little boat! check it out! Never seen a boat this small with a cuddy/hardtop like that. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1962-Glasspar-Seafair-Sedan-with-1975-70-HP-Johnson-O-B_W0QQitemZ260246076983QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260246076983&
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    1980 Mercury 80 spark plug type

    Right now motor has gapless type what plugs should be used for this motor (champion, ngk, etc). current ones are two years old and may be adding to problems with this motor.
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    Mercury fuel issue (updated, with pics)

    First off, this is a great site and I have learned more about boats from the experts on this site than anyone else! Ok, I am starting a new topic about this because it has me so baffled. Engine is a 1980 merc 80 Memorial day weekend after about running EXCELLENT for 3 hours on lake anna I...
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    repowering boat (transom holes and omc motor questions)

    I am considering repowering my Glassmaster due to the reliability issues I've been having with my '80 mercury80 . However, If i decide to buy a used omc, will the transom bolt pattern match the merc? I will be shopping for a '80-'95 carbed evinrude/johnson 70-115hp (boat is rated to 135, but...
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    more '80 mercury 80 issues

    1980 mercury 80hp inline 4 spinning quicksilver aluminum 17p on 18' glassmaster Took the boat to lake anna today with a few friends. it ran great from about 10 am to 4 or so in the afternoon, except for the usual stalling when shifting. at about 4 or so i started noticing hesitation when...
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    mercury 1150 grayish plug

    hi yall. ran the 1150 for the first time since water pump change. ran fine, idled nicely. pulled the plugs to be sure all ok there.1,2,4,5,6 were all fine. number 3 had a grayish substance on the outer electrode. that felt like oil, but was gray in color. please tell me this is something other...
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    76 Mercury 1150 water pump drive bearing shims??

    Anyone know if I can get these shims or something like them at an auto parts store or lowes or anything I can substitute? they didn't come in my water pump repair kit and i can't find them online?
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    odd evinrude i/o

    My friend was looking at a boat and asked me about it because he isn't very knowledgable in that regard. It's an old Evinrude 14' boat with a really weird engine. Apparently, it's a 88hp two-stroke inboard/outboard. I had never heard of such a thing? Did OMC make such an engine or is it...
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    '76 Merc 1150 running now, what did.

    Thanks to all that helped me with this motor. Hooked her up to gas and water, turned the key and she fired up great with some encouragement from the fast idle lever. With a bit of adjustment idled extremely smooth at 550 RPM. However, the impeller was fried when I got it so I'm rebuilding the...
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    Tube Wars Anyone?

    When I was in middle school, my best friend had a river house and a few boats. "His" (keep in mind this is 5th grade)was a old Swan Point Center Console with a Evinrude 28 SPL. We would go up there, cut grass all friday and chill the rest of the weekend. Anyway, we used to hook two one-man tubes...
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    76 1150 rev issue

    finally tried to start the 1150. it fired on the first try, but revved up very quickly. i shut it off quickly to avoid overrevving, noticed some smoke/steam? coming out of carb throats. thought it might be lean mixture, so backed idle screws out to 2 turns, still did same thing. only thing I...
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    Mercury 1150 timing questions

    1974 Mercury 1150, two questions... First, there are two dots one far left one far right, which one is the manual referring to that must be aligned with the dissy shaft? Also, the arrow on the dissy pulley is supposed to be aligned with the center of the shaft, but facing outwards or inwards?
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    Mercury 80 idle problem

    1980 Mercury 80 running very rough at idle. Timing is set at 4degrees at idle, carbs have been cleaned and new fuel lines. engine starts up fine, runs well at higher rpms. Idle mixture screws are set at 1-1/2 turns out. heres my question, when the mixtures screws are turned in to about 1 the...
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