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    Choke valve position cold engine

    Sorry for my lack of knowledge. What you mean with “dell”? So before starting to “adjust” settings it’s better to get it to temperature first?
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    Choke valve position cold engine

    Right, I also noticed that the choke indeed tried to pop open a bit when the engine started even when I pushed it closed it really pushed back to slightly open.
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    Choke valve position cold engine

    Hi, Today I started the engine, mercruiser 165HP from ‘70, for the first time since I bought the boat. Carb has been rebuilt. And still operating the choke manually I did put the choke in full closed position. Pulled the throttle 2x to inject some extra fuel. Engine started almost...
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    Rebuild my choke to Electric. What with the "holes"

    AHA, yep, now it makes sense. There is a missing tube. Past night I closed both holes. And thanks for the info sharing.
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    Idle setting Mercruiser 165HP

    So to be clear: the main rpm regulation is with the screw on the throttle lever and the 2 mixture screws are to make it run smoothly with that rpm setting.
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    Rebuild my choke to Electric. What with the "holes"

    I’m referring to this extra hole (no idea why it’s there)
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    Idle setting Mercruiser 165HP

    Oh, right... Sorry sterndrive (stupid me)
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    Rebuild my choke to Electric. What with the "holes"

    I rebuild my Choke to an electric one, so I guess I can close the 2 holes on my manifold related to the old chocke system. Perhaps I better include this picture. In this picture you see the upper connection that I dont use anymore. But below this, theres another "hole" in the manifold.
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    Rebuild my choke to Electric. What with the "holes"

    Hi, As my old choke was "missing" (the type that uses the exhaust gases) I installed an electric Choke. Of course on the manifold I have the tube that was connected to the old choke. I suppose I can close this off? But I also noticed an additional hole in the manifold below the other one (not...
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    Idle setting Mercruiser 165HP

    Hi, Did the rebuild of my carb. On the forum I saw the suggestion to start with 1.5 turns outward for the Idle screws (I have 2 on my carb 7040110). Now my question is: I also have the screw for idle setting (the one linked to the trottle) that sets the "close" position of the 2 valves. How...
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    Trim Limit setting. 20deg?

    Great. Thats the simple way to set it. Thx
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    Trim Limit setting. 20deg?

    Hi, Just re-installed my MC1 sterndrive on the boat. The Trim-sensor was just a dummy (also no gauge in the boat). But there was a Trim-limit switch that was "bridged". So would like to put it back as it should. I read somewhere that a 20° - 25° angle is the max you should go while boating (to...
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    Advice on Removal of manifold Mercruiser.

    But you're right. Still a risk that water can enter oil or vice versa. The original oil was milky :-(. But no clue at all how long it was in the engine.... We will see
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    Advice on Removal of manifold Mercruiser.

    I believe to also saw a drain plug on the end of the elbow. Could this be right? For the moment I am aware of 2 drains. The one on block (in the back) and also one on the bottom backside of the manifold.
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    Advice on Removal of manifold Mercruiser.

    Okay, I know what to do. And I'm really interested to see why it has 2 clamps on each side. Related to the crack, I saw it was repaired before and some water is leaking. Did compression test on all 6 cyl and measurements seemed fair to me. So I hope its just the water circuit.
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    Slickcraft SS204

    Hi, working on the rebuild of the engine and my Slickcraft SS204. The inside and outside of the boat have received some "repair", so I have no real view on original setup, My question: was there originally some storage place in the front of the boat. The front has some kind on small sundeck...
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    Advice on Removal of manifold Mercruiser.

    Hi, Engine Mercruiser 165HP, 6 cyl in-line from 1970's. Engine is in the boat. To fix a crack I started removing the manifold. The nuts and bolts are removed and the manifold is "loose" from the block. But I still have the U-shaped elbow that keeps it connected to the exhaust. I removed the 4...
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    JB Weld or alternative

    OK, thanks! Price / Quality looks indeed best way froward
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    JB Weld or alternative

    Hi, after some checks and feedback from this forum I saw that there has been done a repair (no clue how long ago) on the block, probably bad winterizing. I will remove the exhaust manifold to have a better look at it, but I expect it was repaired with JD Weld or similar (I see the grey repair...
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    Ballast Resistor or not?

    Oh... I'm learning something new now. So when I switch on the ignition key and provide power to the coil it is normal to measure around 9V? This thanks to a resistance wire. But when turning the key towards cranking I should see 12v. Is that the reason why I see 2 brown wires at the coil? Didn't...
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