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    470 Mercruiser charging system

    Ive heard a lot about the many problems with the 470. This is my first boat, Ive had it a couple years with minimal problems but now I am seeing all the problems Ive heard about. I am working on the cooling system and possible head gasket. But the stator made a noise last time out and quit...
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    Lower shift cable????

    I think I have a bad lower shift cable, it will not go into either gear. it just clicks and then starts to give throttle before it locks in to gear. I tried to adjust the cable and it is hard to move by hand (stiff cable) and even when pulling cable out as far as it will go I can still turn the...
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    oil out of dipstick???

    ok the motor is a 1978 470 mercruiser.. has been running good but now it will idle fine but under a load it will shoot oil out of the dipstick.. I had a good amount of oil on the deck. I put oil back in and idled back in but when I would try to give it gas it would do the same.. about a month...
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    1991 yamaha starter bad??

    Please help I am on vacation and I cannot get my yamaha wr 650 to start.. I had it started the first day on the hose, it ran good but the battery was low. I put in on charge over night , now it is just buzzing from the starter relay and the starter is not spinning, I put the charger on it and...
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    470 mercruiser stalls at WOT

    I recently got a 1978 470 mercruiser I have shift problems.. It does not want to come out of gear when in the water, I thought it was a bad shift interrupter switch but the switch does kill the motor when pushed, so maybe it is a bad shift cable?? not sure but now my problem is it will run fine...
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    1978 mercruiser 470 will not start

    this boat is new to me so not sure about everything, the first time I had it out it ran good for a while. just as we were coming in the rpm guage started fluctuating... but the engine sounded fine... for about a minute then it died and would not come back.. it turns over but only starts for a...
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    40 mercury slows when given throttle

    I have an 85 40 hp mercury 2-stroke. It ran good for a few months. Now it idles fine but when I put it in gear it sputters and barely moves the boat. I thought it was the fuel so I changes out the fuel and filters. Then I discovered if I go back and push on the motor while the throttle is...
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