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    prestolite trim pump 1973=82 vintage

    Hi guys need some info. On the bottom of my trim pump, the returne line has a brass elbow, I have taken the elbow out. There is a check ball two small springs and a washer, what is its function of this and could that cause the outdrive to slowley seep down? Now when an outdrive seeps down...
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    prestolite trim pump 1973-82 vintage

    Hi guys, I am chasing down a slow leak down on my power tilt,( 81 mercruiser 260 ). this trim system has an external lock out and is ingaged when I am in reverse (it locls the outdrive from moving-up or down) when I trim the outdrive up and put it in reverse the out drive does not leak down...
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    wel/hin

    Hi guys, I have a friend that bought a project boat, it is a1986 21ft wellcraft with a chevy v8. The hin letters are (wel) which tells me it is a wellcraft, My question is it has an omc cobra outdrive on it, I don't believe mercury ever used any outdrive than mercruiser. Would anyone know if...
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    vintage mercury outboard

    Hopefully some old timers are still around, has anyone herd of re-sleeving the old keiflier vintage outboards like 1971- 1979 years l6's where the block is one piece. I have one with a scored sleeve and two machine shops said they can't do them. The sleeves are available to buy. Thanks Buz
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    1981 wellcraft nova ll twin 260 mercruisers alpha l outdrives

    I have a question about the outdrives, I replaced both water pumps as I do every year. I just fired both up on ears and I have s a pretty good stream coming out of the lower starbord rear of both outdrives it is the drain hole that is in the cavity below the shift rod I don't remember that...
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    1972 mercury 1400

    Hi guys, I need some real old guy info. In all my research I can't get a answer on the max timing on this motor, most all the l6's say 19-21 max advance. On this motor the original tag is still on it and it says 27 degrees max timing. On these outboards timing is critical and to me 6-8...
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    2003 johnson 90 hp j90plstc

    Hi guys, I have been trying to find out why this motor runs good cold and then when it gets hot it will miss slightly, in gear and at idol. When you throdle up it won't even get on plane and seems that the motor is severly miss firing. We idoled back to the dock and I checked it and the...
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    1972 glastron v16.3 with 1972 mercury 140hp l6

    I have a problem, no matter how I trim the motor up and at any speed I can't get the front of the boat to porpoise, any other boat I have had and been in we always trimmed the motor up to have the nose bounce then trim down to settle for best run. the outboard is a 20" shaft, I have moved the...
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    1981 wellcraft novw 11 twin 260's alpha 1's

    Hi people, I have recently changed over my exhaust system from logs to osco center risers. Everything is new including the thermostat housings I know a lot of manifactures include parts so that there is a couple different applications. My question is what is the purpose of the brass sleeve...
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    1972 mercury 1400 l6

    High guys, I have a question for the old but not dead gurus. This mercury has the timing tape on the top cow and not on the flywheel, the flywheel only has three dots on it. To me I believe that I should use those dots for the timing. Anyone that can clear up this would be will appreciated...
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    mercruiser t260's (350cid)

    Hi guys, I have a simple question, I am changing over my log exhaust to center risers. The new thermostat housing has a tee fitting on top in the front, each outlet has a spring loaded ball, those outlets will have the water hose attached that goes to the bottom of the exhaust risers. My...
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    1981 wellcraft nova ll t260s

    Hi guys, I am in the process of changing the exhaust from logs to center risers and would like to know about the mounting of the alternator. The log exhaust has the bolt holes for the mounting bracket on the bottom and the center riser has none. I would like to know if there is an easy way...
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    re 1972 merc l6 140hp rub noise

    Thanks Chris and Ed for the excellent info. I have a new bearing and it will be press fit, I was thinking of pulling the crank and piston assy, so I bought a set of three ring compressors on ebay, I was interested on how they work. I am a long time auto mechanic, I don't know how these...
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    re 1972 merc l6 140hp rub noise

    Hello guys, I finally got this motor torn down, (In the sep 20 post of the video on the rubbing noise), I was able to get both crank bearing caps off, the bottom cap on the outside had a lot of what looks like white grease, I removed the cap and everything was clean inside and the bearing felt...
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    1972 mercury 140hp l6

    If anyone remembers, I am still chasing down that rubbing noise that I posted on Sep,20th, I have tried all the suggestions with no luck. I think it might be a crank bearing, I would like to know if anyone has replaced those bearings without pulling out the crank? On my spare motor for parts...
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    1972 mercury 140hp

    Hi guys, I need some help on my 1972 140hp mercury, it makes a weird noise I can't figure out. I have tried to upload the video to no success. If you guys would go to youtube under (Buzz's glastron) you will see the video of the motor making the noise. Thank you and any help would be well...
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    wellcraft nova 11

    Hi guys, 1981 wellcraft nova 11 twin 350's through prop exhaust. I got a real good deal on exhaust center rise mamafolds and I plan on changing the exhaust from the log type used on older mercrusers to center risers. I was wondering if I would run into any problems using the old thermostat...
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    wellcraft nova 11 twin 260hp

    I haven't been too active during this winter or responding to you guys problems, sorry. I have a simple question, my outdrives do not go up or down at the same speed I haven't got into this problem yet. I was wondering if there is a way to sink these two since I am dealing with two seperate...
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    1978 mercury 115hp

    Here we go again, I have this motor and its been a problem that seems to me that its producing too much voltage (16-17 volts) when I throttle up. I have read a lot on this forum and most say to add a voltage regulator. To a point I can see that as a simple solution, the only thing is that...
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    1978 mercury 115hp

    I need some help from the experts, I have an over charge problem 16volts. When everything is connected the tac is eratic, when I disconnect the red wire on the rectifer everything returns to normal tac settles down. I am not sure where the voltage regulator is, In the switch box? All wiring is...
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