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    Poor guy had a bad day.

    Last fall me and the wife were putting our boat in at Woodrums Lake in Jackson County. Woodrums is a long, narrow lake but deep. A fellow came in as we were preparing to launch and he was rowing a 12' flat bottom boat with a single oar. We asked how he did and he told us "not good". He had taken...
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    No forward gear after water pump overhaul. 1995 mercury mariner 9.9

    I changed out water pump the other day as the old one was suspect and everything seemed to go to plan. However though the pump is fine there is no forward gear at all. Reverse kicks in but nothing on forward gear. I had a time getting the rod up into the motor and the clip was a pain (mine has a...
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    Funny, we are not moving!

    Saturday I took myself and the captain to a local lake we frequent and went looking for fish. The captain had been complaining about the boat moving around too much the last time were there, due the winds that seem to change direction there every few minutes. And since is a smaller lake I added...
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    Rectifier issue 1995 mariner 9.9

    I was running my 1995 Mariner on the local lake a week ago and it died suddenly at about half throttle and would not start. Removed cowl and only thing I saw was a burned wire so I used the trolling motor rest of the day and checked it over the next day to see what was what. The rectifier is...
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    Mounting my 9.9

    I removed a 55 hp motor and am now going to use my 9.9 mariner for my primary motor on my StarCraft as we only go to 10 hp lakes. fixed the holes in the transom and was wondering on the 9.9 the best way to mount it. I can easily use stainless bolts and some 3M4200 I have left but I want the...
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    Fuel filter question...

    I removed the carb from my 1995 Mariner 9.9 to clean it and replaced the fuel filter assembly and hoses as it was pretty old and stained. My new filter housing will not sit level no matter what I do to it. Is this a big deal? I would think not but hate to assume anything anymore....It has been...
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    1995 Mariner fuel filter questions.....

    I have a new to me1995 Mariner 9.9 that I am planning on doing a carb cleaning to and since the fuel filter housing is pretty old and stained I decided to order a kit, housing, filter, hoses etc....part # 87946a15. I am puzzled on two things. How do you remove the old filter body?? I know it has...
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    Transom questions....

    We recently removed an old 55hp motor from my 1976 Starcraft and am getting ready to fill in the holes below the water line. There is a outside transom board on this boat and I noticed it has a lot of marine grade silicone around it for sealing. My transom seems to be in good shape and no sign...
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    EPA FUEL TANK WOES.

    We replaced our 8hp tiller motor with a newer Mariner 9.9 remote steer and I did a stupid thing by buying a new Attwood fuel tank that apparently has no ventilation cap. I installed a new mercury hose with the nipple on one end as I figured this was a better connection that I had on my...
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    84 Evinrude 8hp long shaft water problem...

    I have a 1984 Evinrude 8hp tiller long shaft that I have owned for 4 years. Other than impeller and other normal stuff this old motor has been great. I am replacing it with 9.9 remote control unit . Naturally when I put it up for sale I find a teaspooon of water in the lower unit. We picked up...
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    9.9 water intake concern

    We are replacing an old tired 55hp with a 9.9 remote Mercury motor on our old StarCraft boat deep V. We use it almost always at 10hp max lakes so speed is not a concern. Just tired of dragging the 55 along and having to use a 8hp tiller so much. My question is this...The transom on this boat is...
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    Sealing boat motor holes

    We are removing a 55hp motor that has never been right and replacing it with a 9.9 remote as we frequent 10hp lakes most of the time and was curious how to seal up the holes in the transom since the 9.9 and 55 have different mounting holes... Two of these will be below the water line. Was...
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    Cannot ID my 9.9 Mariner......

    I recently bought a nice looking 9.9 Mariner and having a time trying to ID the model and year. The motor is in nice shape, ruins well and came with controls but the owner had just bought a boat with this as a kicker and had no need for it so he sold it. He was told by PO that it was a 97 or 98...
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    Embarrassed at the Burger King..........

    About 3 weeks ago me and the wife were returning home from about 10 hours of boating/fishing in Jackson County WV(Obriens Lake) and were tired and hungry so we pulled into the Burger King there at Fairplain....We stop there usually 12-15 times during the boating season. There is a SHARP turn...
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    Toweling off the boat at the ramp after boating......

    We boat at three smaller lakes, all with a single boat ramp capable of handling two smaller boats at a time. The normal protocol at these ramps when exiting is to hook up your tow vehicle, hook up safety chain and pull up to a level area away from the ramp to unload and finish prep for leaving...
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