carb gasket

[jimlad]

i need to clean out my carb on mariner 3.5hp and i am having trouble finding the gaskets for it i have spent hour after hour looking on web and no luck is it possible if anyone knows what the gaskets are made of so i could make them myself
thanks

 

[DHPMARINE]

Re: carb gasket

I don't see them available here at I boats,or from Sierra.Have you tried Mercurypartsexpress ? They are OEM parts.

DHP

 

[jimlad]

Re: carb gasket

Hi DHP
thanks for the website i tried mercurypartsexpress with no luck

 

[DHPMARINE]

Re: carb gasket

Maybe things are different on your side of the puddle.Post your serial # and we can try here.

DHP

 

[jimlad]

Re: carb gasket

the number is 642.s.027780 3.5hp, and the carb dosent have a number on it, it just says mikuni japan MIC
thanks

jimlad

 

[Laddies]

Re: carb gasket

jim, I gave you 2 sites that have some parts available, did you ck them, I couldn't because they used a couple of differant carb and you need the carb number. I also cked a few Yamaha sites and they don't list that motor(no suprise they didn't export any sterndrives to the US either) so I thought it might be a Tohotsu so I cked they did build it either, a least with what carb on it--Bob

 

[DHPMARINE]

Re: carb gasket

jimlad, I had no trouble finding your carb online w/Merc. But I do it on the dealer site.Spot checked a few parts as no kits were listed,and found parts are NLA (no longer available).And I couldn't find your carb on Nissan,Suzuki or Yamaha.Doesn't mean it's not there,I just didn't find it.

I would pull the carb,turn it upside down and loosen the 3 bowl screws,and loosen the bowl.Spray carb cleaner around the edges,to loosen the bowl gasket.Then take it apart,clean,and re-use what you have.

Not the best way,so keep looking.

DHP

 

[jimlad]

Re: carb gasket

jim, I gave you 2 sites that have some parts available, did you ck them, I couldn't because they used a couple of differant carb and you need the carb number. I also cked a few Yamaha sites and they don't list that motor(no suprise they didn't export any sterndrives to the US either) so I thought it might be a Tohotsu so I cked they did build it either, a least with what carb on it--Bob

Hi laddie yeah i checked a lot of sites and the ones you gave me and no luck there either :'(

 

[jimlad]

Re: carb gasket

jimlad, I had no trouble finding your carb online w/Merc. But I do it on the dealer site.Spot checked a few parts as no kits were listed,and found parts are NLA (no longer available).And I couldn't find your carb on Nissan,Suzuki or Yamaha.Doesn't mean it's not there,I just didn't find it.

I would pull the carb,turn it upside down and loosen the 3 bowl screws,and loosen the bowl.Spray carb cleaner around the edges,to loosen the bowl gasket.Then take it apart,clean,and re-use what you have.

Not the best way,so keep looking.

DHP

i did exactly that today stripped the whole carb down and gave it a damn good clean it was in a right state i gave the gaskets a good clean as they are made of rubber, luckly it was still whole when i took the bowl gasket off so hopefully that will be ok ,thanks for having a look around for the parts for me i spent most of the day looking the other day and found no gaskets at all and any parts i did find for my motor they dont ship to uk so its a bit of a nightmare
thanks again

jimlad

 

[DHPMARINE]

Re: carb gasket

jimlad,

I did a little more looking.And you might want to look at 'dougrussell.com'.He seems to have parts available for your carb.The bowl gasket is almost $11.00 (us) and shipping will probably be a killer.But something to keep in mind for the future.Maybe create a "stocking" order and get a bunch of parts.

DHP

 

[jimlad]

Re: carb gasket

hi dhp
many thanks for that i had a look and they have have practically everything for my motor

thanks for your help and advice

jimlad