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    1986 Mercury 35HP choke all messed up

    When I first got this motor the manual choke was working but not the electric choke. I put the plunger in the solenoid and the electric choke started to work, but would not return from being choked. When I got the electric choke working the manual choke alignment got messed up and didn’t work...
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    1986 35 HP Mercury(no power trim) not tilt-locking in reverse

    After changing my water pump my motor no longer locks in reverse. This causes the Motor to tilt up out of the water when giving too much gas in reverse. I understand how the spring and cam system is supposed to work to engage it. I popped the lower off today and I can’t figure out how to get...
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    New to Me 1985 Evinrude 70 HP

    Hi everyone. Just recently picked up a new motor to work on. The previous owner explained that it ran fine but one day it started smoking and shut off. He said it fired back up but died again and would no longer turn over. He replaced the starter and start solenoid with no luck. There are...
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    1970's Mercury 650 3 Cylinder No Spark

    Hi everyone, I'm really thinking about picking up an older 65 hp Me . The guy is asking 150 for it with controls. All I know is it's got "good" compression but no spark. I know these motors have an odd distributor type ignition. I'm just curious how expensive this ignition system can be to...
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    1986 Merc 35 HP idle/throttle issues

    Hi everyone, I finally got my motor running. It surprisingly runs very well aside from some throttle issues I seem to be having, especially at idle When in neutral and idling it seems very high. When I put it in gear it drops down to a more normal idle. But even then there seems to be slack in...
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    New to me 1958 Evinrude Lark 35 hp

    #35514 Hi everyone. Decided to pick up this old evinrude tonight for 100 bucks. I kinda wanted a little project and a backup incase my main motor has issues. Anyways the guy said it ran good last year just had no use for it. He started it for a couple seconds on a little shot of carb cleaner...
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    Stator and Trigger test on 86' 35 hp Merc?

    Hi everyone, I'm trying to test the stator and trigger using a multimeter. Via a manual and online resources I've found that the specs are: STATOR: Black yellow(LS) to ground=3200-3800 ohms Black white(HS) to ground=225-300 ohm TRIGGER: Brown yellow to brown white=750-1400 ohms Problem is...
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    Evinrude Trolling Motor Wiring

    Hi everyone, I recently got a old evinrude 12/24 volt trolling motor from my buddy that came on his stratos bass boat. The motor is in excellent shape and it has everything with it. I tried to do some research and found that this is the high output model given away by the larger prop. I read...
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    86' 35 hp Merc Lost Spark

    Hi everyone. So I'm going to start with some background info here. So I got the motor with the flywheel installed with the magnets off becuase they fell off. I planned to epoxy them back on but dropped one and broke one. So I bought a new one and installed it. And it was somewhat successful...
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    86' 35 hp Merc Electric Choke not Functioning

    Hi everyone, I noticed the electric choke doesnt seem to function on my outboard. Tonight I checked to make sure that voltage was getting to the connection on the solenoid. When the key is depressed I read 12v so the wiring is good. Upon further inspection I got really confused how the...
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    1986 35 hp Merc Sputters But Wont Start

    Hi everyone. I recently tried to get my 35 hp merc going, but it wouldnt start. It would sputter up and act like it wanted to run for a couple seconds but would soon die. It seemed to backfire and pop quite a bit. Lots of smoke when it started too.(50:1 synthetic mix). I made sure it was...
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    1956 Johnson 15 hp Carb Rebuild

    I'm doing the whole carb clean and kit on my old 15 horse. I just have a couple questions. My biggest confusion is how the throttle works? It appears that the roller that is linked to the carb gets pushed outward as the mag plate is advanced. But when my throttle is in the slow/stop position...
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    1956 Johnson 15 hp fuel issues

    Hi everyone. So I ended up getting a 56' Johnson 15hp with the boat I purchased last summer. Never really got around to It. But put some tranny fluid down the cylinders. Pulled her over. And it feels and sounds like it's got plenty of compression. Also tested spark and to my surprise it has...
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    Starter wont stop cranking

    Hi everyone, I was compression testing my 1986 mercury 35 hp and ran into an issue. The first several times I turned it over eveything worked as expected. Proabably the 4th test or so of tuning It over I turned the key to the off position and it kept on cranking. I tried the key in every...
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    1986 Mercury 35 hp Broken Flywheel Magnet

    Hello everyone, the flywheel magnets on the motor that came with my boat came off and the last owner gave me the magnets. I made a thread about this before but since then I made a terrible accident and dropped one of the magnets. Shattered. I pulled the flywheel and I could have glued them...
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    lubing 2 Stroke before Compression Test

    Hi everyone, I just have a couple basic questions. So before messing with my ignition system I decided to do a compression test. I'm not sure how long the motor has been sitting. I can turn the flywheel by hand but I'm worried the starter could damage rings or cylinder walls with little...
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    1986 35 HP Mercury Flywheel Magnets and Spark Plugs

    Hi everyone, I purchased a 1982 Bomber Sportsman boat by Fiber King in the fall. I'm just starting to dig into the motor('86 35 hp Merc). The previous owner said it ran alright until the "flywheel magnets came off". The seller did give me the magnets. My question is how hard is it to put...
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