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    1985 evinrude 9.9 won't start

    I have a mid-eighties Evinrude 9.9 that ran and started fine until today. Spark is good and wet plugs indicate fuel. I pulled on it many times with and without choke and also without plugs to be sure she wasn't flooded.
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    mercury inline 6 90hp dies at idle

    My 1986 Merc 90 Horsepower engine is acting up. It ran great through 1/2 of yesterday until we got into heavy chop and bumpy water. It runs good anything over about 1000 RPM. At idle she dies and I have to rev her up hard and slam shift to get her to go from a start. It acts like it is running...
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    Mercury 1986 90HP Inline Six (6) Won't Start - Spark only on 1 Cylinder

    Hi, I bought a 1985 SeaNymph SS-175 just over a week ago powered by a 1985 or 1986 Merc 90 HP inline 6 based on the serial number. It ran fine on the test run, although it was a bit hard to start from cold. I had read that motors have individual personalities related to starting, so I wasn't...
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    teleflex failure - what teleflex steering system should I buy?

    I recently bought a 17' cc with an 88 spl Johnson. Teleflex rotary steering seemed a little binding at the center the one time I test drove it. I was going to try to free it up today and the helm completely let go while I was rotating the wheel and trying to decide what I should do to free it up...
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    Fd-15 1961 28hp Johnson Flywheel Removal

    Hi, First post. I have a fine little 28 that seems to want to run more on 1 cylinder than 2. It won't idle or run slow without stalling and occasionally will stay in 1 cylinder mode all the way to WOT for a minute or 2 until it clears. Naturally I suspect the ignition to be bad. Unfortunately...
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