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    '89 Merc Black Max 150 Water Pump Change

    So, I made an attempt to change the water pump in my merc 150 as it looked super simple and sounded pretty easy from reading the repair manual. Everything went great when I was working on it as it's pretty simple to take off the lower unit. I changed the pump, tightened everything back up and...
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    Mercury Fuel Bulb

    I've been looking around for a fuel bulb assembly for my '89 mercury black max and can't seem to find the exact thing I'm looking for. Can someone help me find the full assembly for my merc? I would like to find a fuel bulb with the fuel lines. Seems I can only find a bulb and I'd have to buy...
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    Looking for a mariner swivel bracket assembly

    Hey everyone, I'm looking to find a swivel bracket for my '98 mariner 15hp. The serial # is 0G744734 and the sticker says its a '98 15ML. I'm not sure what the ML stands for or if it makes much of a difference, but I found the parts I'm looking for on boats. net but I was curious if anyone had...
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    Shorelander Profile 2000 winch repair

    So I bought a new strap to put on my winch today and I began to work on it to find out that there is a bolt that is rusted into the shaft in the center of the winch. I tried to take the bolt in the center of the winch cylinder (the bolt the strap is on) and there wasn't enough clearance to get...
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    150 hp Mercury XR2 hesitates at WOT

    Ok, so I just got a boat with this motor in March this year and I've had some simple problems with the motor that I had to fix. I recently took it out on a trip with on of my friends and had some problems with it again! I've previously run compression and spark tests and I get compression around...
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    Stalling at around 2000rpm?

    I have a 1986 150hp Mercury XR2 S/N #0B122909 and I've gotten the information on it before. The motor was redone in 2005 and I'm thinking that it was done to be like an XR4 if that's possible but the cowling is an XR4 partly. The last couple time's I've taken it out to the lake to just boat...
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    Hard starting??

    Ok, so I've posted on here previously about having problems with my motor but I think that it just needed to be run a bit and part of the problem was user error by me being a new boat owner with no previous experience. I have a 1986 150hp Mercury XR2 S/N #0B122909 and I've gotten the information...
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    Proper Start Procedures??

    First of all, thanks for checking out my thread and thanks for the help in advance!! OK, so I just bought this boat and don't have much of any experience at all with two stroke outboards but it has an '86 150hp Mercury XR2 Blackmax. It's kinda a pain to start but I don't know if I've been doing...
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    86' 150hp Mercury XR2 Problems Previously 'boat speed question'

    Re: 86' 150hp Mercury XR2 Problems Previously 'boat speed question' Ok, so I did a TON of cleaning the motor today. Wiping off old grease, putting on new grease. The steering case and the tilt/trim joints on the motor were super dirty. I took out the spark plugs to check them out and they were...
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    86' 150hp Mercury XR2 Problems Previously 'boat speed question'

    I wanted to start a new thread from my other thread because there were some issues getting up to speed, which turned out to be the motor not pushing enough rpms and I'm currently in the stage of figuring out this problem. Previous thread is here...
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    Boat speed question?

    Re: Boat speed question? I would agree that I am in the beginner stages for working on the engine. I've learned a ton about the engine already from you guys on here and just reading the repair manual. I am going to buy the OEM manual so that I have an even better idea of what I need to do to...
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    Where can I find the OEM manual for my outboard??

    I have a 1986 150hp mercury xr2 black max and I have the Seloc manual but I want the service manual as well. Can anyone point me in the right direction?? The serial is 0B122909. Is the manual on this page https://publications.brunswick.com/searchresults.asp?cat=1826 the one that I want to get? I...
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    Doesn't work on TapaTalk!?!?

    I have the TapaTalk app on my phone and this forum appears on there as a compatible forum but when I touch to go into the forum it gives me a message to contact the forum admin. Does anyone else try to use this app with this forum??
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    Boat speed question?

    Ok so I have already started a thread here: http://forums.iboats.com/boat-topics-questions-not-engine-topics/how-fast-should-i-able-go-604522.html#post4211809 and I've been asked to start a thread on this forum sub thread. I have a 88' mercury xr4 150 hp that may have some issues. I have...
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    How fast should I be able to go??

    Ok, so I finally got my new boat, well, new to me..., out on the water the other day. It is a 17.5' lund with a '88 mercury 150hp xr4 outboard on it. I got up to about 31mph at wot according to the gps on my boat. How fast do you think a vessel like this with that hp rating on the outboard...
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    Winterizing article??

    I was browsing general upkeep of outboards and came across this online article. Anyone have any opinions or additional info??
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    Replacement of water pump in lower unit??

    Ok, so one of my cousins has been talking with a boat repair specialist and he said he was told to replace the pump in the lower unit every other year?? The repair guy stated that you can often times run you're water pump a bit too much and any plastics (i.e. gaskets, O-rings, etc.) associated...
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    What tools to buy for boat repair and maintenance?

    Hey everybody, I'm new to the forum and I just recently bought a 1993 Lund Pro V with a 1988 Mercury XR4 150hp outboard along with a 2000 15hp Mercury Mariner. I ordered the SELOC repair manual this week just in case I need it for repairs and general maintenance, but I was curious what tools I...
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