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    Nobody fishing?

    First time for my 3.5 year old "fishing", he had a great time with his grandparents.
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    Milky fuel in carb intake force 85hp

    I had one of those filters before but took it out, I will put a new one now. I have another lake trip this weekend so I need to do this cleaning during this week to have the chance to go there and test. I'll post results.
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    Milky fuel in carb intake force 85hp

    Hi Jiggz we did check on the primer bulb that was a common issue in other boat so now almost every time something fails that is one of the first things we check, I believe it is not the issue it does not collapses and stays firm all the time, if you try to press it when its starting to die it...
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    Milky fuel in carb intake force 85hp

    Got back to the lake again, changing the fuel pump diaphragm didn't did any difference, this time I went with my father, he knows some mechanics he suggested to open the carb needle a little bit I didn't tried that before because it idled good and I thought that needle only worked in idle...
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    Not shifting to reverse / 1978 Mercury 500 Thunderbolt 50HP

    Thanks merc850 this is the information I needed, it's strange that measuring from anchor hole to anchor hole I got 13.5' I thought they were not produced in fractional sizes, anyways with the measurements from the boat 8' + 2' and adding 18", this should be a 12' I guess.
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    Not shifting to reverse / 1978 Mercury 500 Thunderbolt 50HP

    From the controls to the transom my boat is 8' and from that side to the center of the motor another 2', my cables were doing a very big curve when installed so probably this were too long, how long do you suggest to order new ones?
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    Not shifting to reverse / 1978 Mercury 500 Thunderbolt 50HP

    No, it just stopped working, I think I know the issue now, they are completely damagged in all the liner, probably this are 40 yesrs old or more. I will change them how ever I dont know how to select the new ones, what should I messure? The complete length of the cable? If doing that I mesure...
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    Not shifting to reverse / 1978 Mercury 500 Thunderbolt 50HP

    thanks, will try this weekend
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    Not shifting to reverse / 1978 Mercury 500 Thunderbolt 50HP

    Hello just recently I had issues with the motor to shift to reverse gear, no issues to forward only to reverse. It seems it wants to shift but makes some grinding and dont engage fully. Is there a set up procedure for the shifting cables any one can share? Thanks
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    Milky fuel in carb intake force 85hp

    Thanks gica, it looks different to me eyes yours and mine, I'm gonna take a shot and take it to the lake again, hopefully it was only the pump. Crossing my fingers.
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    Milky fuel in carb intake force 85hp

    So I finally got the pump diaphragm, valves and some gaskets I thouvht were bad and rebuilt the pump, it fired up very quickly sounds good on muffs 1200 RPMs no issues would not Rev up more on muffs. I didnt get the boroscope so I rather took off the head again to have a look after warming up...
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    Gas electric generator issues

    Cleaning the carbs again did the trick, now is working as new, will store it dry. Thanks
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    Nobody fishing?

    Some skinny bass over here at 110°F, too hot this days!
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    Gas electric generator issues

    Thanks will clean the carbs and get it running, this generator also has a fuel valve from the deposit to the carbs, so next time I use it instead of just shutting it off when I finish using it I will close that valve to get the carbs starve.
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    Gas electric generator issues

    Hi I have an small gas powered electric generator, it is a 2 cycle motor, I hadn't used it in a couple of years, I couldn't get it to start up so I inspected and see that it had old gas there, fuel was not flowing, the float needle was stuck up so it didn't started. I Cleaned the carb got new...
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    Milky fuel in carb intake force 85hp

    Thanks I will order an endoscope to take a look, having the haead leaking the first time I started up also makes me wonder, although right now I'm leaning more to the fuel pump issues but I guess is good to look every aspect of this "rebuild".
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    Milky fuel in carb intake force 85hp

    Hi, racerone I usually put the throttle lever to Max accelerate out of gear, push the choke and keep it pushed while cranking. Battery and starter are in good condition, I see and hear them spinning at good speed, I was just mentioning that I see a difference in the cold starts in this different...
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    Milky fuel in carb intake force 85hp

    Agree I don't think the Jets are what is causing me the current issue, just wondering why it have more issues starting it at the lake than at home. I don't know what jets it has but I guess they are 0.074 as there are no lakes near my location and this boat has always been used at lower altitudes.
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    Milky fuel in carb intake force 85hp

    Thanks, maybe I didnt explained myself very well, I can pull the throttle lever to accelerate without engaging the gears, this is I guess a function for cold starts, in that way I can accelerate up to 1600 RPM's that is the maximum it allows me to do with this function, everything looks good...
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    Milky fuel in carb intake force 85hp

    Hi gica, I didn't open exhaust or intake covers didn't wanted to mess with it, in muff or tank I can get 1600 RPMs in neutral not in gear just idle acceleration, I didnt try with gear on because my tank is to small and all water be gone and muffs I believe is no good to do it. I missed some...
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