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    What effect do reeds have on compression readings?

    I have a mercury 9.9, serial 0C298526 long shaft. I ran the motor all of last summer. Runs great. Maybe a little temperamental when starting after being warmed up, of course that could be due to the operator. From cold, starts on the first pull. If setting for an hour to 3 hours, I never...
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    another what year and horsepower question

    I have what I believe is a 9.9 mercury long shaft, serial 0C298526. I couldn't find that serial at crowley marine, or any other sites that I'm aware of. Does anyone knows what model number this is, and next question...what website can give me this info? I went to the mercury site and couldn't...
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    swivel bracket with steering tilt tube for a 35hp chrysler

    I have a 1972 35hp chrysler outboard. I'm wanting to use it on my pontoon, switching it out with my mercury 9.9 as lake horsepower limits dictate. I don't have a lot of room to rig up steering tube supports, and really don't want to have to remove said supports each time I want to put the 9.9...
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    Is it a 9.9 or 15?? Please help!!

    I have a mercury outboard, late 80's to early 90's, long shaft that I had bought for parts (gears ate up in lower unit). The guy told me it was an 8hp, but I couldn't cross reference the serial number anywhere on line to definitively say what horsepower it is. The serial number (both on the...
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    1976 chrysler 75 hp upper driveshaft seal

    Hello, I had dropped my lower unit to replace the impeller/water pump, and so far have been unable to get the upper driveshaft seal out. Is there a trick to getting this thing out. If I can't get it out, could i just put anti seize on the splines and reassemble? I think i've got a good...
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