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    How to test if motor is charging battery?

    It often seems that after running the merc for a good hour or two, the battery (charged up before running and fairly new) will read 12.5 V (or a bit less) instead of the 12.65 V that would linger after a good overnite trickle and a few hours to come down from the 13+V of the charger. Does this...
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    Pics and how to change water pump.

    Info on a great link with pics that helped me change my impeller and pics of my job can be found here: http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=307339
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    Easier way than cigarette lighter to test sensor?

    I searched the forums for 'test heat sensor' and a poster said that a cigarette lighter flame is needed to test the little brass sensor next to top plug and connected to the tan wire of my 1995 merc 40 hp 4 cyl. He said it activates at 240 deg to sound the alarm. I broke mine and a friend is...
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    Newbie w/ temp sensor, model no. and impeller questions

    Hello, I have been reading thru the forum searching on the topics I noted in the thread title. Great forum here, so I signed up. I broke the tan wire where it connects to the heat sensor (next to top plug) of my 4 cylinder electric 40 hp merc. Any idea if it is inexpensive and readily...
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