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    force 150

    was looking at a boat with a 1991 150hp force , is this a fairly reliable and trouble free motor?<br /><br /><br />mark
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    lower unit plug plastic?

    A friend has a 1976 merc 65hp and he says he boogered up the slot in the fill screw, because it is plastic. Did they use plastic screws back then?<br /><br /><br />thnx<br />mark
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    motor mounting holes

    What yr.. did<br /> they stagger the upper and lower mounting holes for merc? On my 84 rude they are staggered I was looking at a 1976 merc and the holes are all in-line, anyway to mount this motor where the rude was without drilling new holes?<br /><br /><br />thnx <br />mark
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    motor mounting holes

    What tr. di they stagger the upper and lower mounting holes for merc? On my 84 rude they are staggered I was looking at a 1976 merc and the holes are all in-line, anyway to mount this motor where the rude was without drilling new holes?
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    old 76 merc

    I was looking at replacing my 90hp rude with this ol 1976 65hp merc the rude is going to need more repairs than i can afford. Was that yr of merc a decent motor? I want to put it on my procraft 1650 glass f/s . I doubt if it would get on plane but it should push it around 25mph or so shouldn't...
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    motor year by serial#?

    I was wondering if the yr. of a merc could be figured out with just the serial #<br /><br />the ser# is 4966247<br /><br />thnx<br />mark
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    leak down test

    I was watching a mechanic do a comp test on a motor and all the cylinders checked within tolerance limits, and then he pulled a "leak down" test on it and it showed one cyl with a 26#drop in pressure indicating i had leaking by the rings that didn't show up with a standard comp test! If this is...
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    piston hitting?

    I pulled the head on my 90hp 1985 rudet to find<br />the is little scuff marks and little nicks in a good part of the starboard side lower piston these marks or nicks are in direct proportion to the roughed up area on the top of the piston! The mechanic told me a pice of ring must of broke off...
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    well it was a real bad day!

    I hadn't had my 1985 90hp procraft out yet this yr. because i was waiting to scratchup enuff money to replace the control box " there were worn parts especially in the warm up lever, but i finally got the $400 it was gonna cost and put it on . So i take it out and try her and out of the clear...
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    attn Joe Reeves

    Joe you responded to a an earlier post I made about my warmup lever being sloppy and you and a couple others said it might be a loose screw inside the control ! I checked and there aren't any loose screws . The motor is a 1985 rude 90 hp. inside the box the warmup lever and a little plastic...
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    control box

    I have to work on the inside of the control box on my 1985 evinrude 90hp ,my question is ,after I take out the 2 long screws that hold the box to the boat ,How do i get the box open? I didn't see any other screws.<br /><br />thnx mark
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    attn. joe Reeves

    Joe i posted the question about the evinrude contol box with the warmup lever slipping .If it might be just a loose screw, why is it so labor intensive and would I have to just about tear it apart to get at it?<br />I would put my mech ability at average, whatever that means lol<br /><br...
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    help please , can't afford to fix it

    hello I have an 85 90hp evinrude on a 161/2 ft. procraft. My problem is in the control box ,when i pull up the warm up lever it must slip inside or something because i only have about half the throttle it should , the lever action is floppy .I can still use it but it just doesn't work right...
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    boat position on trailer?

    I have a 16.5ft. prov hull and my question is this , can you have your boat positioned too far forward on the trailer?<br />when I first got the boat the hitch slide was always banging upward in the receiver indicating to me that there was too much weight in the rear end , so I moved the bow...
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    boat balancing

    I have a procraft 1650 pro v on a red willow trailer, that I just can't seem to get balanced on the trailer .When I first bought it the the boat seemed *** heavy , always trying to bounce the hitch off the ball, at that time the bottom of the transom was about inline with the last crossmember...
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    bow stop problem

    I have a 85 procraft that is on what i believe a "red Valley" trailer, single axle the boat is a 16.5 PRO V.The pro v/s are long tapered and as such start to curve upward quite aways back on the hull . this leaves space between the last foot of the bunkie and the boat and when I am unloading ...
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    is this a fuel problem?

    i had the old 85 90hp rude out this weekend to do some fishing, well the boat was running allright and after awhile I decided to kick her up and blow out the cobs. So I take her around the lake at close to top end for about a 5 mile trip and pull up to fish alittle more and noticed that when i...
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    penetro marine or regular

    Seems like the marine version is not carried aroud here by any of the marine dealers. Does anybody of a chain store or other outlet that sells it by mail? Or can you use regular penetrol instead , i can get that locally.<br /><br />thnx <br />mark
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    throttle slippage

    I have a 1985 90hp rude, and my warmup lever doesn't stay up by itself it is fairly sloppy, but when I do have it up all the way it doesn't really throttle up much and when I am in gear and in reverse and full throttle it doesn't act like I am giving it any gas at all is the throttle slipping...
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    bigger wire on troller?

    I have the standard bassboat setup with my 12/24 troller plug in front ,and it looks like I have 10 gauge running the whole length , I am running a 24 volt system , if I replace the wiring with say 6 gauge will It make a noticable difference in power?<br /><br />thnx<br />mark
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