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    Non Skid Repair

    I have a gallon of Fibreglast 684 gelcoat to repair our deck surface. The non skid surface has worn down over the past 20 years and I will be mixing in Fibreglast 4203 non-skid rubber additive to the 684 and rolling it on, This will obviously be an open air cure, so my question is between using...
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    90 merc 8hp with a lean pop, need some advice

    Just bought the motor. Very very very clean btw. At the low end of the idle it will pop/sneeze and puff smoke out the exhaust then die. I cleaned the carb, but there wasn't much to clean as it was spotless, basically just hit the needle and the idle orifice and reassembled. Ran it for about 10...
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    Could someone post a pic for me of there 8 hp motor?

    I have a 1990 8 HP Mercury. Bought a new throttle cable for it since the one on it was broken when I bought it. But I am having some trouble remembering how it was configured. I spent an hour or two trying to figure it out but there is either to much slack in the lines or they are too tight and...
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    Need help replacing throttle cable on merc 8hp

    1990 8 hp Merc 2-stroke long shaft: The cable broke, and I bought a new one. These have a pull and push cable (two). Connect at the tiller handle and at the motor. I have no idea hot to go about this. Looks like you have to take the tiller handle completely off to feed the cables but I don't...
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    Female fuel fitting not working, need help.

    Bought a 1990 (i think) 8hp. Serial Number 0c262593, maybe someone can tell me the year (: Anyways I went to wally world and bought the "Mercury" female fuel fitting only to find out the fitting doesnt hook up. It fits, but the fitting clamp thingy that hooks the post (on the male end) is too...
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    76' 6HP Evinrude Not pumping water, need some advice!

    Hardly pumps any water...It spurts enough for idling/ trolling in my small boat, but stops spitting completely when you bring the throttle open. I can't get to the impeller due to broken off bolts 3 of the 4 are snapped off. But I do know the impeller spins! So my second thought was to tackle...
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    1979 6HP Evinrude Impeller Stuck, need advice!?

    The impeller housing does not want to come off. I have removed the four screws from the top of the housing, did I miss any screws? I have tried a BMFH and that still won't pop it off. Any advice for getting the housing off to access and replace the impeller? I feel like I am missing a screw or...
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    Help me understand vacuum bagging

    So I am building a curved piece of fiberglass that I need to vacuum bag. I will be putting the whole piece inside of the bag. But how do I layer it? Do you put a breather cloth on the bottom then your nylon sheet then your wet layup, followed by another nylon sheet then breather cloth? Summary...
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    Only have spark in one cylinder

    Have an old kicker that is older then dirt...It's a vintage pre-1940 MW Sea King... #101923 Anyways, I am only getting spark in one plug. I have checked both plugs on the good wire and they spark, I have also checked the continuity of the plug wires from the coil and they are good. I cleaned...
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    Help me identify my motor...

    Picked up this engine the other day and it turns over and seems to have compression so I thought I'd give it a whirl and try to fix er up a bit. Only problem is I don't have the damest clue what it is and can't seem to identify it in any way. I found a similar image online to what was titled a...
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    Fuel line problems

    So I have an annual recurring problem on my hands. It seems I have to replace the fuel adapter (the plastic female adapter) on my hose every year. The problem is with the rubber O-ring inside the adpaters. It seems that the O-ring that keeps the seal for the suction of the fuel line rots or...
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    Need some advice on gel coat

    Okay so I have an older 21ft CDory on my hands that has not been touched in almost ten years. Been doing a lot of work on it lately and have been putting it to good use, but there is a lot of work that needs to be done after 10 years of neglect. One of which is a new coating of gel-coat on the...
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