Hello,
I would like to know how to adjust my throttle/idle/timing settings on my 50hp Mercury. I had a friend show me last year, I do know there's a sort of rocker device with adjustment screws that controls each setting. The other day I knocked the rod that connects the throttle out of its housing and that might have put everything else out of whack, as I can no longer get the engine to idle (it will only run with the throttle cracked slightly and cannot get the prop in gear)
To illustrate this I took a pic this morning and numbered each adjustment screw, see the attachment. Could anyone familiar with this engine explain what each one does - and if there's any diagrams or literature I can download that explains this. I was surprised to see my Mercury manual does not include this at all.
I would like to know how to adjust my throttle/idle/timing settings on my 50hp Mercury. I had a friend show me last year, I do know there's a sort of rocker device with adjustment screws that controls each setting. The other day I knocked the rod that connects the throttle out of its housing and that might have put everything else out of whack, as I can no longer get the engine to idle (it will only run with the throttle cracked slightly and cannot get the prop in gear)
To illustrate this I took a pic this morning and numbered each adjustment screw, see the attachment. Could anyone familiar with this engine explain what each one does - and if there's any diagrams or literature I can download that explains this. I was surprised to see my Mercury manual does not include this at all.
