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  1. sam am I

    Need help on anchor/running switch

    Re: Need help on anchor/running switch This might help
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    Mercury 150 xr4 no spark. Any thoughts?

    Re: Mercury 150 xr4 no spark. Any thoughts? The "three wire" solenoid (not relay) setups (Duke and I's path, this is his setup we believe)doesn't use/have NC contacts, solenoids here(Merc uses in these setups) are just SPST contactors if you will. (Two different monsters, the other setup using...
  3. sam am I

    Mercury 150 xr4 no spark. Any thoughts?

    Re: Mercury 150 xr4 no spark. Any thoughts? See imaged below for/if "Three Wire" setup with no response from switches. Ensure 12V is present(and stays present during following tests) at down solenoid(j)'s red wire STUD (not ring lug), If trim motor is going up, then it and ground(shared) are...
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    Does anyone know....

    Re: Does anyone know.... FWIW and If was interested, I finally got it together enough to get some data recorded.......I'll pull more in the water at speed data hopefully in a week or so, I'll post that too. Side project(wire nut data logger phase still) I have been working on.........I'm...
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    Max RPM on an '87(?) Mercury Black Max 200?

    Re: Max RPM on an '87(?) Mercury Black Max 200? And sometimes , not sure how to decode this mess thou on mine to get a date...
  6. sam am I

    Transom Dryer

    I had some bit of transom leaking happening over last season occurring while sitting in a slip, noticed boat was starting to list slightly to port sitting in the slip. So, this past fall did the "thud" test after pulling the boat out.....sounded pretty dense in area's. Made some test holes...
  7. sam am I

    Transom through-hole wood sealer

    I'm in process of re-installing hardware back in the old holes and am lightly sanding the holes where said hardware is to be re-installed, Is there a preferred wood sealer that should be applied to the face of the freshly sanded wood? Of course this would be before I installed the hardware with...
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    Can bus pinouts used by Mercruiser.

    Re: Can bus pinouts used by Mercruiser. Hmmmmm, might be interesting to see just where/how merc is smudging the open source ISO standard...,shouldn't be that difficult, might just have to do some digging in all my spare time. :faint2:
  9. sam am I

    blackmax xr2 not peeing at idle normal?

    Re: blackmax xr2 not peeing at idle normal? The sensor on the port side (by factory) is the tan wire w blk grd wire and goes to a temp gauge and is a linear sensor[unlike the bi-metal or "snap" type like the starboard side(by factory) duke mentioned to you that is the tan/blu w NO ground...
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    1996 Mercury 150 Water Pressure test point

    Re: 1996 Mercury 150 Water Pressure test point
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    plastic gear on 200 h.p. Mercury xri

    Re: plastic gear on 200 h.p. Mercury xri Well there is a method to all this madness and it's just about done(minus one more small'ish mod) . Been interesting to say the least. Closing the book on this BS and being occupied w fishing is where I'm headed!! ;) Gosh, I hope I remembered to...
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    plastic gear on 200 h.p. Mercury xri

    Re: plastic gear on 200 h.p. Mercury xri They didn't change the part number per-se but, did in fact, change a part out as indicated by a "obscure" marking/s under the same part number.........sneaky eh? So, I'm pretty sure that new marked "x" part with the SAME part number, is in fact...
  13. sam am I

    plastic gear on 200 h.p. Mercury xri

    Re: plastic gear on 200 h.p. Mercury xri Duke, et al, After digging in the "cloud" a tad.....
  14. sam am I

    Oil Injection Pump-Dismantled

    If anyone has ever been curious, I was anyway.
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    Mysterious stray current

    Re: Mysterious stray current mtb, I have not read through this entire thread looking at what has or hasn't been explained, so apologies to all if I repeat something you've or someone has already said but, looking at your title and this most resent measuring efforts you've been doing, I...
  16. sam am I

    Looking for good waterprrof switch

    Re: Looking for good waterprrof switch Yup.....this is what I have, mine has always worked great. How to control linear motor by simple 2ch rf remote control? - DnaTube.com - Scientific Video and Animation Site 2CH DC Wireless Remote Control Momentary On Off Switch [0020022 (S2M-DC06/09/12/24...
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    Tilt/Trim not working after reinstalling outboard motor

    Re: Tilt/Trim not working after reinstalling outboard motor 10W30 oil?............No no! Think I'd start by draining out all that motor oil as best as possible first by removing the manual relief valve, at same time check it's o-rings and that it's not broke, the tip and rings should look...
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    Solid State Relay's for Trim/Tilt System.

    Re: Solid State Relay's for Trim/Tilt System. Oh my, did I actually just read what I think I just read?:facepalm: 200 DC amps continuous. Good feedback, thx.......off to Mars.
  19. sam am I

    Solid State Relay's for Trim/Tilt System.

    Re: Solid State Relay's for Trim/Tilt System. No doubt......Well, tweeking compression ratios, pistons, bores, milling, porting, jetting and the like for higher performance is more a visual, touch and feel thing that tends to go over a bit easier but, sometimes what you can't see, touch, feel...
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    Solid State Relay's for Trim/Tilt System.

    I thought I had saw somewhere them in use but,........ Anyone currently using them? If so, could you share where you purchased them? Thx
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