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    Motor stalls when shifting into gear

    I"m pretty sure that idle is supposed to be set at 900 RPM's. I'm pretty sure 600 RPM's at idle would make a lot of motors shut off when putting into gear.
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    To low idle speed

    In reading up a little on your motor, I see it's a very common problem, with no real solution. The ECU reads input from sensors and sets the idle speed accordingly. The technicians can't bypass or modify the programming of the idle speed. I read where if you scream and holler enough, and the...
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    1995 Regal Commodore 272 dip switch panel replacement

    I purchased one for my boat from Amazon. It's been 4 years and everything still works. Pre-wired for one power and one ground wire and all I had to do was wire the leads to the accessory. Light up switches, and a large collection of labels for the switches that "snap in" and look great. It...
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    1995 Evinrude 112 SPL

    Boat motors run great when they're not in gear. Sounds like you're loosing a cylinder or 2 once you're under a load. Go to a good auto parts store and get a $10 spark gap tester. Set the gap at 7/16" and test to see if you're getting a strong blue spark across that gap. That simulates how...
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    To low idle speed

    All you can do is look for a possible donor motor and look up the part numbers and see if they are the same. Should be pretty easy to do with lots of different parts websites to look up all the part numbers.
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    2005 Merc 50hp Idle

    When some folks here say they "cleaned the carbs" it sometimes means they sprayed a little carb cleaner into the throat of the carb. I've included a diargram of your carb. Cover #10 has to come off and all the little passages in there need to be cleaned out and have compressed air forced...
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    Cheap Stereo Documentation Question

    I got a pair of Pyle bluetooth speakers off Amazon for about $75. They're great and I'll never install a stereo in a boat again. They have built in amplifier and are pretty powerful. I have a lot of music on my phone, and with Amazon music at such a good monthly fee, I have hundreds of albums...
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    WOT throttle stop question

    The first section on syncing the carburetors should show you how to remove the slack from the linkages. That's what corrects that.
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    1957 Brooklure 1200 made by Gale/omc

    A quick internet search and there are parts available and a club of guys that own them. I never understood how folks can navigate the internet to find and join this forum, but don't know how to perform a simpe Google search. Crazy.
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    Found 1976 Evinrude 85hp with a new looking jet

    I should have never responded. No idea what the question is here. Are we talking about carburetor jets, or jet a jet ski? Either way, I should have just passed this post by without respinding like everyone else did.
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    Reduce kick when putting in gear

    My gess is that the idle speed has been increased significantly to compensate for a probem with idle circuit in the carbs.
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    1988 60hp 2 stroke won't start Need help!

    It would run for a while just off the fuel in carb bowls. You mentioned timing being off 180 degrees. Can you swap the plug wires? That's the same thing as turning a distributor 180 degrees. Also, since these motors don't have a camshaft and valves, behind the carbs, we have an intake and...
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    2023 mercury 75 outboard trim question

    It's a 2023 motor? Why would you try to fix it yourself? That's a dealer problem, right?
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    Found 1976 Evinrude 85hp with a new looking jet

    Were there supposed to be pictures, or are we just guessing in the dark. Okay, I'll play. It's a 1977 115 HP Evinrude. Did I win?
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    Unknown 55hp Johnson boat restoration

    Great Job!! Thanks for letting us share that project with you. The key to selecting a prop is to maintain the recommended RPM range in WOT. Too much pitch will wear the motor out quickly and too little pitch will allow the motor to over-rev, which is never good. Have fun with that boat!!!!
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    1988 60hp 2 stroke won't start Need help!

    https://www.boats.net/catalog/mercury/outboard/60hp/60hp-0a721308-up/carburetor
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    1988 60hp 2 stroke won't start Need help!

    So, you've tested and have 2 of the 3 things needed to make a 2-stroke work. You have good compression and you have good spark. We need to make sure the spark is occurring at the correct time. Remove the nut and washer on top of the fywheel, and you should be able to tell if the key is in the...
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    Mercury Optimax 115 2 stroke flywheel grinding

    How many teeth are on the starter gear? I found a post on another site where there were two different sizes of gears on a started that fit a wide variety of applications, but somtimes the starter was shipped with the wrong size gear on it. You can probably just replace the gear on top of the...
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    Mercury Optimax 115 2 stroke flywheel grinding

    Post a picture. You're saying that the teeth are too far apart from the flywheel? I'm guessing the flywheel has been replaced, or the information used (year or model number) to order the starter is wrong.
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    Water pressure gauge or water temperature gauge?

    I will add that my boat is a Sailfish 198DC. The hull is a bit "non-standard" in that the transom is 16" high, but the keel is actually 25" deep. About 3' before the transom, there is a "cut out", or tunnel, and the transom is not as "deep" as the keel. The motor on the boat came with the...
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