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    Marine Carpet Glue For Wood Decking

    So screws penetrated your deck and since they were not sealed, caused rot. So how why do you accuse the carpet of rotting the wood?
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    Outboard motor starter stops cranking?

    The battery cables in my '77 IL6 rotted out until it was a couple of copper stands. So the engine had to start in 3 cranks, or the battery ran down..... is that it?
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    Outboard motor starter stops cranking?

    Those old motors can have corrosion on the battery cables in the connections or in middle or anywhere in between, or wiring pins. Depending on the year of your motor, the quick connect plug holds the battery cables. They often build up corrosion. Give your battery cables the finger to feel...
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    Fuel Pump Tearing

    A gasket should never tear. They should match the casting of the fuel pump halves, no?
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    Marine Carpet Glue For Wood Decking

    So, screws ruined your deck, or was it carpet? How many screws were needed to fasten the carpet?
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    old starcraft trim gauge?

    Your motor would need a trim sender. You got one? Normally the trim gauges connect like fuel gauges, with power, ground and sender connections.
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    How to remove fuel pickup tube

    Sometimes those fittings are pressed in. So if it turns CCW but does not get lose, suspect it is pressed in. I had one like that. I cut is off and drilled it out, and threaded it to take a flush bushing, and then a threaded fuel pickup..
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    Marine Carpet Glue For Wood Decking

    If the plywood has a layer of FG cloth and polyester resin to fill the mesh, it should be waterproof. Carpet over it will not cause it to rot, despite what some think.
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    Overheating at idle, cool as a cucumber at speed

    Why not try the crowleymarine web site for part numbers and parts.
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    Fuel Pump Tearing

    I doubt the order in which the screws were tightened tore the diaphram. Replace it, and make sure all screws are installed properly, to put the diaphram in the right place. Now tighten them a bit at a time.
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    Marine Carpet Glue For Wood Decking

    Did you waterproof the plywood decking? If so, any indoor-outdoor carpet adhesive is fine. I have used the lates stuff, w/o issue.
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    Lower shift cable issues alpha 1

    I did that job only once, by using the service manual instructions, and did not have any issues. I would think you need to review and redo the installation.
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    1978 Mercury 1150 wiring schematics

    Try the maxrules web site. A 1978 motor may have a set of unique wire colors, as they changed the wire colors in about that year.
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    Mercontrol Rewiring

    You can likely get a new keyswitch and choke button. Perhaps a new neutral safety switch. I had a control like that one, and needed to rewire it one day. Hopefully the mechanical bits are still good. The issue is that the quick disconnect boat harnesses go bad, and I do not know of a...
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    60Hp Mercury Tilt/Trim Not Working

    The primary power necessary to power the relays is likely 3Amps. So set the multimeter to 10A scale, and see what your wires put out.
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    Best boat lettering removal?

    Get the letters off anyway you can. A heat gun plus a plastic scraper can help. Remove the excessive adhesive with acetone.
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    60Hp Mercury Tilt/Trim Not Working

    Not sure what else to add. Relays need to provide either ground when not energized or power to the PTT motor when energized. Perhaps the primary winding is not getting enough amperage to energize the relays? I would find a up or down primary wire connection as close to the relays as...
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    Mercury 900 no spark

    There is an ignition test for those motors at the CDI Electronics web site. It assumes the coil is good, and tests the battery-powered CDI switchbox and wiring. It does not test the trigger, but tests all other components. I suggest you run this test. If no spark during test, the switchbox...
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    60Hp Mercury Tilt/Trim Not Working

    I sincerely doubt that you have an issue never seen before. PTT systems are pretty simple, once you get familiar with them. OK, by jumpering each relay at a time, you seem to have eliminated the heavy power and ground wire corrosion. Now you need to check the relay primary circuit. Since you...
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    Please help cant find wiring schematics/diagram for 86 mercury 150 XR2 serial number 0B199676

    Crowleymarine has parts diagram for your motor. It might help you to look up your charging system. Merc went from a simple full wave rectifier charging system, to a single 40A VR and then to twin 20A VRs for their 135 - 150HPV6 motors. My '93 Merc 135HPV6 has the twin 20A VRs. Earlier...
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