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    What boat is this

    I have a guy that lives 5 minutes away from me that is selling this boat frame. I have a boat that is rotted, so I am looking for a frame to move my 80 HP outobard over to. This boat looks nice from the pictures, and I am going to see it today after work. However he does not know a lot about...
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    fiberglass floor removal

    What is the best way to remove the floor in my boat that appears to be fiberglassed in? I was able to tear up around a square foot of my floor back where the bilge pump sits, and the floor was completely rotted. The floor is soft and when hit with a hammer, it sounds hollow. However most of the...
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    best kind of boat?

    I am looking to buy a used boat. What is the best type, outboard, inboard/outboard, stern drive? Looking for the funnest, most reliable type. Also one that usually has less repair needs. What are the pros and cons to the different engine types? Any help would be appreciated.
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    Engine idle setting

    When I hook my 80 HP outbord motor up to the flush muffs and start the engine, it idles around 1000 - 1200 RPM. As I adjust the RPMs it will get to about 900, but any lower and the engine dies. My question: If the engine idles at 900 RPM out of the water, will it idle at 900 RPM in the water...
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    connector near spark plugs?

    I have a connector that is drilled into the engine near my spark plugs that had a little hollow black tube running to it. When the engine is turned on, and i remove the cable it spurts water from it. The cable runs from this connector up near the dash of my boat. Not sure what this is, can...
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    do I need timing?

    I have an 80 hp mercury outboard. I got the boat this summer, and I have used it a few times. The engine runs good, but sometimes when I put it into gear it dies unless I put it into gear and slowly raise the throttle. Sometimes I get the smell of gas. I am just wondering if I need to adjust the...
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    How to remove this bolt

    I am trying to get my engine lined up with my transom clamp so I can reinstall my tilt tube. However I cannot get it. I think I need to remove the bolts that hold the "shocks" to the engine, but it has a square head and I do not have a tool for this. Does anyone know the size, and the name of...
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    tilt tube installation

    I took my 80hp mercury off my boat to repair my transom. Now that the transom is rebuilt, I am putting the engine back on the boat. The working room was limited, and the steering cable was very difficult and almost "frozen". So the only way that I could get the engine off the boat was to remove...
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    Mercury 80 hp timing

    OK, I have read a bunch of posts on tuning the timing of an outboard. However the question I have is if the timing of off, or needs to be adjusted slightly, how to do you make minor adjustments? Is there a screw or a bolt somewhere that makes these minor adjustments, or what? When I look around...
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    what height to mount outboard?

    I have the engine off my boat repairing the transom. While I am building the transom, I need to decide if I need to built the splash guard taller than it was. I thought the motor was mounted pretty low on the boat, so I was deciding if I needed to mount it to sit higher. I heard that the...
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    Fiberglass resins, i'm confused.

    I hear that gelcoat does not stick to epoxy resins. Then I hear that Polyester resins and gelcoat are not waterproof. So if I am repairing a below the waterline fiberglass hole, how should I go about this? I the repair is "boarderline" waterline, and it is only in the water about 1 time a week...
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    removing throttle cable

    I have all of the engine off my boat except for the reverse, and forward throttle cables. How do i get these off the engine? They run though the port side of the motor, and then they are "bar" looking peices with threads on them. On the tip of them there are little square "pin" looking things...
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    mercury 80 hp reverse locks

    My boat has an 80HP mercury blue stripe motor mounted on it. I can see the hooks on the back side of the motor, and I have the pin inserted into the correct place. When I lower the engine, the hooks go over the pin, but will not lock. When on the water I shift into reverse and the motor comes...
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    80hp merc steering cable

    I started to remove my outboard motor last night and I got to the steering cable and could not figure it out. There is a large black nut next to the motor tilt tube, and then there is a large silver nut next to that thich looks like it is built onto the steering cable. When i tried to turn the...
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    Broken transom

    Went outboating today and once we were out there the wind picked up and start drifting my boat towards the weeds near shore. The engine of course would not stay running in gear to get us out of there. So I turned on the motor and presed in the neutral button and started to rev the motor to get...
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    Idle stop screw

    I have an (I think) 83 80 bluestripe thunderbolt mercury motor. While I had the engine cover off trying to adjust the high idle, I saw a screw that says "Idle Stop Screw". It is pretty far extended (almost all the way out). What is this screw for? Is this the screw that I adjust to adjust my...
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    Water spitting from exhaust?!?!?!

    I have a mercury 80 thunderbolt and I took it out on the lake today. When I have it in the water idling, water was spitting out of the pea hole. But also, there are 2 holes at about midway up the engine. During idle, and neutral rev it was spitting water from these 2 holes. see picture Is this...
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    Spark plugs. Is this normal?

    I pulled the spark plugs on my 83 mercury 80 and all 4 of them had what looked like oil/gas mix on them. Not a ton, just a little. They are the gapless type plugs. Inside the spark plug holes smells like gas. Normal or no?
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    first test drive today, got problems.

    I just got a boat from a guy basically for free. I got a 1983 Mercury 80, thunderbolt ignition I hooked the motor up to the flush muffs and started the engine and it runs fine. I can rev the motor fine, and when I put it into drive or reverse idle, it works fine. I got it onto the lake today...
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    Starting boat out of water

    I have a mercury 80 engine. I went down to the store and bought some "muffs" that hook up to the Garden hose and started the motor using that setup. However, I bought the boat from a guy, and I have not had it out on the water yet. The engine starts and idles fine, but it has not been on the...
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