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    Steering Only works one way

    This was not the best weekend on the water...More posts to come. My steering started to slip if I turned to port. Finally I lost all steering to port but still had starboard. Cable??
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    Voltage Regulator problem? Tach?

    Ok, I've actually been through this before on my boat so I think I'm not getting the problem. My tach reads high at idle and high at wot. This comes and goes. With it reading high, I metered the voltage regulators and the batteries and it all looks fine. No loose wires on the tach any other...
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    Drum Rebuild?

    I have the old lock up on the left side brake drum. Mine are surge brakes and I can hear them sticking. My problem is that I have never done drums before. I was told that they are pretty easy. Can I buy the parts for a 2003 Magic tilt in any store (boat store). Do they give any direction? Thanks...
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    Voltage Regulator Bad??? 2003 150???

    I have a 2003 merc 150 Saltwater. My tach went out on me the other day.after posting on this site I was told to test my voltage regulator and see what was going on. I have not tested the charging capability yet. (I get hom at night) but I have done the ohm tests that the manual says to do and my...
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    Tachometer Problems

    I have a 2003 Merc Saltwater series 150hp. I was running the lake the other day and the tach seemed to be reading 1000rpm over normal. The engine sounded fine and was runing great. After about 20 minutes, the tach was reading normal agian. Just as I was satisfied that the whole thing was my...
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    Tachometer Died

    I have a 2003 merc 150 Saltwater series. I was out the other day and the tach seemed to be reading 1000 RPM to high. After about 20 minutes it started working correctly again. As soon as I was thinking it was a loose wire or something, the tach quit completely. Is thier a book I can buy to find...
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    Hot Tell Tail

    I have a 2003 Merc saltwater 2 stroke. My tell tail stream is hot, to hot to hold your hand under. I have replaced both thermostats, the impeller and the poppet. Last night I took off the poppet to find blockage in the line and built up in the housing. I then checked all of the water lines up...
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    150 MERC TEMP GUAGE?

    I am tring to istall a temp guage on my merc 150 (2003)and am confused as to where the sending unit goes. I believe that it is threaded directly on to the head port side but the units diagram shows it actually penetrating the block. Am I correct in assuming that the unit just screws in metal to...
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