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  1. Texasmark

    Test wheel needed

    That certainly would be a more accurate method of determining the operation of an engine.
  2. Texasmark

    TILT / Trim

    If it has power trim it can "tilt". Tilt is specified separately because some engines have/had only that option (I did on my 1972 Johnson 125) and the tilt doesn't have enough pressure to work at higher speeds where the force against the lower unit is too great for it's available pressure...
  3. Texasmark

    Test wheel needed

    I would suggest you go to a boat dealer's service area and ask the manager for what you seek, or likewise at a repair shop. Faztbullet who posts on here regularly, is a shop owner and certified mechanic. Might "ping" him.
  4. Texasmark

    TILT / Trim

    Okaye. You have more access to them than I do. Sorry for the disinfo.
  5. Texasmark

    TILT / Trim

    As others have said a single cylinder will elude to power tilt. Power tilt is made for idle speeds and contains a popoff valve. If you only have PT, if you have the engine tilted up and attempt to get on plane, the tilt pressure on the hydraulics causes the over pressure valve to open and you...
  6. Texasmark

    STAINLESS OR NOT

    I totally agree that your water determines your prop material. Case in point, a new local lake was being built and as the story goes the lake started filling before the builder finished his work and got his equipment out. The real bummer in this miscarriage, is that up one of the creeks that...
  7. Texasmark

    2005 Mercury 115 ELPTO No Spark

    40.000 unloaded....aka no spark plug attached i what Mercury has been advertising since going to the Capacitor Discharge Ignition systems, for decades. With that voltage potential, while unloaded, the rise time of the pulse will be in single digit microseconds, not in milliseconds like...
  8. Texasmark

    Cost of carb rebuild

    That's a heck of a deal. One can't argue with that price. Thanks FB.
  9. Texasmark

    Cost of carb rebuild

    Back to the original question: NIM 713, are you still here? Have you made any decisions as to your plans? Did you give any thought to what I said? Did you try it? If so, the results?
  10. Texasmark

    Cost of carb rebuild

    I don't know what heat has to do with puddling. I have no idea as to what the writer of the article had for reference material. Maybe he was blowing hot air and maybe he was sitting down with the Merc. engineers that developed the design. Iterating what I said before, he coined the...
  11. Texasmark

    Cost of carb rebuild

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  12. Texasmark

    I have a boat I want to sell on Craig's list.

    I found my camera and it has a plug in that fits a USB plug on the computer. Will take another batch of pics. tomorrow.
  13. Texasmark

    I have a boat I want to sell on Craig's list.

    Well sir you are giving me a starting point. Thank you for your assistance.
  14. Texasmark

    I have a boat I want to sell on Craig's list.

    I took pictures of it with my "flip Phone" camera. I need to know how to transfer the phone pictures to the ad so that I can sell it....help would be greatly appreciated.
  15. Texasmark

    Cost of carb rebuild

    This is a picture of the engine upon which some sporting news media published an information post on the differences in the design including the tilting you see in the picture.....unlike most other engines with a 90* drive line. I can't find the article, but as you can see in the picture, the...
  16. Texasmark

    Cost of carb rebuild

    I like my puddling theory better.......
  17. Texasmark

    Cost of carb rebuild

    Go find the news writeup on the 20 HP Mercury fishing motor that has the characteristics I mentioned above. Timeline would be around the 1970's. They said it, I didn't.......but I proved it to be a fact. Next in the 2+2 Merc 2 stroke 115 and 125 HP 4 cylinders, the bottom 2 cylinders only get...
  18. Texasmark

    Cost of carb rebuild

    I forgot something that can make a big difference in smooth operation at idle and adjacent speeds......when not up on plane, and just putting around, tilt the engine up (in the rear) about 10*. This is not my idea but an idea I got from Mercury's design of fishing motors, back when the color...
  19. Texasmark

    Boat Battery Questions - Cranking

    My take on deep cycle is that they have thicker and fewer plates. Apparently a thick plate tolerates the ups and downs of deep cycling and the fewer is just because of the space limitation. Also, the fewer plates means the less surface area in contact with the H2SO4/H2O mixture so the max...
  20. Texasmark

    Cost of carb rebuild

    Before you start spending a lot of money, get some fresh fuel and add 2 oz per gallon of Sea Foam.....engine cleanup in a can.....available at most auto parts stores. Run the engine for half an hour or so and let it sit for a day or so or longer.....better.....then back to the lake, fire it...
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