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    Starter bendix gear height flywheel

    90hp merc 2 stroke 3cyl and can’t figure out how high the starter bendix should be in relation to the fly wheel. Should the fly wheel teeth be just barely engaged, in the middle, or at the bottom when the starter is fully up. There is an adjustable nut on top to move the starter teeth up or...
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    90 hp 2 stroke idle mixture screws

    Factory settings have my 2000 2 stroke 90hp 3cyl idle mixture settings at 1 1/4 turns each. Starts and idles but is a little jumpy. Move them in a bit and rpms come up and it smoothes out a little bit i worry about being too lean. Move them out past 2 and it bogs and dies. How lean can you go...
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    Mercury 90hp 2 stroke jumping tach and drops out at wot

    Have a 2000 90hp 2 stroke 3cyl that had the same symptoms last year. Replaced the coils, fuel pump rebuild, spark plugs, cleaned carbs, and replaced the stator (which fixed it for the past 5 months). Compression is 120, 120, 100. A little low on one but runs fine throughout range. Took the...
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