Hey @jerryjerry05
Do you know anything about other motors? You’ve helped me a ton in the past with my force. I just picked up a 2004 Mercury 150 SWB and had some questions. If not do you know of anyone that could possibly help me out? Thanks
Good morning everyone!
I just recently purchased a Mercury 150XL SWB (Ot931223). I upgraded from a force motor. The force motor i had there was a clymer manual for it with very detailed instructions on torque specs and routine maintenance. I tried to find another clymer manual for this one...
Motor must have been sucking air. I removed carbs and re adjusted floats they were a tad off. Installed new gaskets where carbs meet manifold and she fired right up. No issues with idle, no excess smoke, works like a champ! Thanks for all the help over the years.
Both carbs the tube is centered. How do I make it touch? Bend it? I took both floats out and put them in a cup of gas they both floated even with the hole
I don’t know a ton about motors so forgive me if I’m wrong but I thought the floats cut off fuel supplies to carb bowl by hitting the needle in the carb? I did compression 2 years ago there wasn’t much difference in each cylinder. And yup I have spark on all leads. Even changed out all the old...
So I tried that starter fluid test and I didn’t see any difference in the rpms. Im starting from Square one today after work. Doing the link and synch again and timing test. Taking the carbs off too to check condition of reeds. I’m starting to think the old carb floats might be bad? I’m going to...
Hey @jerryjerry05 you asked before where my screws where set on my carbs. Is there a set amount of turns out they should be? Or is every situation different? I currently have them set 1 and 1/4 turn out. Motor is 1251x8c
I’m also having water drip inside the motor leg from the exhaust boot. I’ve tried taking it off and on numerous times and it still drips in the motor leg. Any tips on fixing that? I attached a video disregard the heavy smoke lol I did a seafoam treatment.
Changed the diaphragm and gaskets on fuel pump tonight. Primer bulb worked perfectly and she fired right up. Ran out of day light so I’ll check the reeds tomorrow
@jerryjerry05 If the diaphragm was good it’s definitely bad now. I ripped it while trying to remove it. So the motor will sneeze upon initial start up. I’ve been having issues with accelerating. Sometimes it won’t go above 3000 rpms. So then I stop then go full throttle and it will get back up...
