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    Choke Solenoid Bad

    My Choke Solenoid is bad on my boat. It a 1979 Mariner 140 HP. I have looke at a couple of the salavage site that was list here and can't find one. I can't find the part new either. I found a Mercury Choke Solenoid 50 60 70 HP 3cyl 1972 - 1983 on Ebay and looking at the picture it looks just...
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    Fuel Leaking on carb. # 2

    I have a 1979 Mariner 140 HP. This is my first boat to ever own, bought it last year and it had been sitting up for a few years and the tank and the carb's. were all gunked up. I have cleaned the tank, rebuilt all of the carbs and took the boat out last fall and had it running great. Let it sit...
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    1979 140 HP Charging issue

    I have a 1979 Mariner 140 and its not charging the battery. I have the Clymer manual and I have checked all of the connection and they all look good. I have a fluke 85 III multimeter and I have checked the continuity on the stator and that looks good. On the rectifier I'm a little confused, on...
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    Fuel pressure problem???? Mariner 140 HP

    I finally got to take the boat out I have been working on. Had problems getting it started, wasn't getting any fuel to carb. 1 or 3. Clean the carb's and finnaly got the boat started. When running it across the water, it was running very bad, couldn't get it up to running speed, without it...
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    Mercury Switch

    I have a 1979 Mariner 140 HP outboard engine. There is a blue part up on the switch box housing and it has 2 wires coming out of it. One wire is a ground wire that screws on the housing with when you put the part on. The other wire goes to the switch box poles and attaches to the same pole with...
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    1979 Mariner 140 HP

    Can some one tell me what I need to be on the look out for that may fall out when I remove the lower unit to replace the water pump. I purchased a shop manual for the boat but it show a range of engines. It's not really clear on my model. The boat has been sitting for a few years when I...
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    Challenger Ski Boat - What do I have?

    Hey all, I new to boating and don't know alot about them. I wanted to get something that I could take my kids 7 & 4 to the lake camping, boat riding, etc. I looked around at boat ready to go but you all know how those prices are, my wife wasn't going for that. Not knowing if the kids would like...
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