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    Low Idle Mixture question..

    I have a 1990 90 horse 3 cylinder Mercury, I had to take the carbs off and clean them. Unfortunately I forgot to count how many turns my low idle mixture screws were set at on the 3 carbs. I went ahead and set it at the 1 1/2 turns out from lightly seated that is recommended on this motor. The...
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    Fuel Pump Rebuild Question..

    HI Guys, I have a 1990 Mercury 90 horse 3 cylinder outboard, the fuel pump rebuild kit # is 42909A4 I have a few questions that I hope you can help me with. my fuel pump had the black check valve discs installed along with the clear check valves. Now this rebuild kit I got just has the clear...
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    Mercury Oil Injection question..

    I have a 1990 90 horse mercury, and was curious, if I wanted to just run the oil straight into the gas tanks, instead of my oil injection tank, do I need to undo anything? Thanks
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    Primer Bulb won't stay hard.

    I have a 2 stroke 1990 mercury 90 horse, and whenever I go to pump the primer bulb, to get fuel to the motor, the bulb will not get hard, you can keep squeezing it, What are the symptoms of something like this? Thanks
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    Boat pinstripe question.

    I am needing to put some pinstriping on my boat, and was wondering if the automotive pinstriping willl work alright, or should I use something else? Thanks
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    Chris-Craft paint question..

    I am needing to find some sort of touch up paint for a Chris Craft boat, the color is the real dark blue they use, does anybody know what that color is called? Or if there is an automotive touch up that might work? I've got a few scratches I need to take care of. The dark blue on this boat looks...
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    Fuel can question..

    My boat has got 2, 6 gallon tanks that it uses, not much room for anything else in there, but my question is, is there a product out there that would let me switch from one tank to another without having to remove the nozzle from one tank, and putting it on the other? Possibly some type of...
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    Mercury oil tank, how long?

    I have a 1990 90 horse mercury, and have not had a chance to take it out yet. I was curious, how many hours of use can you get out of those oil injected tanks, before having to put more oil in? I run 2, 6 gallon spare gas tanks, and was just wondering how long the oil will last usually. Thanks
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    Mercury low oil sensor question.

    I recently bought a 1990 90 horse mercury with oil injection. Whenever I plug in the sensor that is coming from the oil tank, there is a loud constant beep when I turn the key on. I read where this is a low oil sensor, but I filled the tank, and it still does it. Any ideas on what might be the...
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    Question about fish finder installation..

    I am looking at buying a fish finder for my boat. The finder will be right in front of my driver side windshield. I am just looking at a cheaper model, as I don't do alot of fishing, but I was curious, what needs to be installed on these? I am sure I will have to get power to the battery, but...
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    Kill Switch question..

    I just bought a boat with a 1990 90 horse mercury, this is the first boat I have had that has a kill switch on the controls. Probably a dumb question, but how do I get the kill switch strap back on where it is suppose to go? I pulled the kill switch strap out, and it looks like there is a little...
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    Motor question and misc..

    I am looking at buying a 89 Stratos fish-ski. It has a 1989 Yamaha 150 outboard motor on it. Just curious did Yamaha build a good motor back then? The boat is absolutely awesome looking for the year, and the hour meter reads around 240 hours. Is that alot for an 89 model? Just curious. Thanks
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    Spark Plug question..

    I have a 2 stroke 79 mercury 80 horse 4 cylinder. I have been having problems getting this thing to run. I took the spark plugs out today, 2 of the plugs were clean as could be almost looked new, 2 of them were very black. Any ideas of what might be happening here? I run seafoam in my gas, I...
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    1979 Mercury 80 horse, will not idle

    I've got a 1979 mercury 80 horse 2 stroke, done a compression check on it tonight, was getting readings of around 120 on all four cylinders. Just had a new stator and trigger put on this thing, thinking that might have been the problem, but not the case. What the problem is, when I start it...
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