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    1985 Mercury 50 Hp Upper Mount Replacement

    I have a 1985 Mercury 50 Hp long shaft and in tinkering around today found what looks to me like the nut or the rubber for one of the upper mounts to have broke or come loose. How hard is this to fix? Does the powerhead have to come off to get to it or what exactly am I looking at? Thanks.
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    New Install Headaches

    I have a 2007 Xpress 1650 flatbottom with a short transom. Found a great deal on a 1985 Mercury 50 Hp long shaft. So I bought a TH Marine High Jacker Static Jack Plate and mounted jack plate and outboard to the boat. The boat planes out great and gps's at 30.8 mph. My problem lies in the fact...
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    1985 Merc 50 Help

    I have a 1985 Mercury 50 Hp outboard with electric start no ptt. I need to know the weight of it. Does anybody know for sure what it might be? Thanks!
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    1985 Mercury 50 - spark issues

    I just bought a 1985 Mercury 50 Hp outboard for $100. Its very clean and has 140 compression psi compression across the board. I checked spark and I am getting good spark on #1and #4 cylinders but #2 and #3 are dead. Any thoughts?
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    1982 Evinrude 115 Issues

    My buddy just bought a 1982 Skeeter bass boat with a 1982 Evinrude 115 outboard on it without having it looked at first. I rebuilt the carbs, installed new plugs, checked spark, made sure the advance was working properly, and it has 118 psi on 1 and 3 cylinders and 128 on 2 and 4 cylinders. We...
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    Stumped and Frustrated with Gear Shift

    I have a 1988 Evinrude 48 SPL that runs like a champ. The lower unit has a new dog clutch and gears, the shift rod is set at 20 29/32, and it has a new shift cable as well. My problem is when i put it in gear I have to push the control lever past the detent to make sure it engauges into gear...
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    1987 evinrude 48 spl shift shaft height?

    I have a 1987 evinrude 48 spl and I can't find the shift rod height measurement anywhere. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks!
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