Manual Needed for 1973 7.5 HP

[metriccrescentwrench]

I just acquired a 1973 7.5 HP Mercury virtually for free (I bought a pond boat and trolling motor and the outboard got thrown in 'cause it was cluttering up the guy's basement). Feels like it's got good compression, I was told it last ran 5 years ago but now won't start. So I'm thinking carb kit, new impeller, maybe a fuel pump kit, and then see what happens.

Anyway, I've been checking on ebay for a shop manual, thus far with no success. Last year someone on iboats was kind enough to put me onto an ebay store that had a manual I needed for another engine, so I'm hoping my good luck holds and someone can point me to one for this engine.

Thanks

 

[Laddies]

Re: Manual Needed for 1973 7.5 HP

If one on a DVD is OK then this place has one. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/merc...80077824270QQptZMotorsQ5fManualsQ5fLiterature

 

[metriccrescentwrench]

Re: Manual Needed for 1973 7.5 HP

I'd be willing to try a CD manual as a last resort. There's just something special about using greasy fingers to turn the pages of a well used shop manual though. (However, in this case I'm not willing to spend $70 for one of the original reprints because there's the possibility that the book would be worth more than the motor if I can't get it running).