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    87 mecruiser 470 w/ Q-jet carb

    1987 mercruiser 470 180 hp with quadrajet carb. Does anyone know the float setting, i think the fuel level is to high. Starts and runs perfect on the muffs, take it to the boat ramp and is hard to start once started runs perfect if you shut it off for a couple of minutes and restart its hard to...
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    470 Q-jet float adjustment

    Does anyone know the float adjustment for a Q-jet mv4 on a 87 mercruiser 470. Thanks
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    mercruiser 3.7 180 hp surges at idle

    I just bought a 87 dixie 21' walkaround cuddy w/mercruiser 3.7 180hp inboard i gave it a complete tune up (plugs,wires,points,cap,rotor,oil change,coolant change,out drive oil change) i then fired her up, it ran ok idle was a little rough and surged would idle around 750 rpms and drop to 400 and...
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