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    Different carbs on same motor 72 Mercury 1150

    My center carb has a broken Venturi and was told this could be the reason the engine will not WOT. Tried replacing it but Mercury dealer can only seem to find one Venturi (52106A1 part number) which is smaller than my broken 1. Picture of broken Venturi. I came across my exact carb Same Venturi...
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    Old school toilet to live well.

    I have an 72 sportscraft with a old pump out toilet which is illegal to use nowadays. So since it’s just in the boat I want to make it a live well. is this possible?
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    Weight to horsepower questions

    I have a 1972 115hp on the back of a 1972 sportcraft 19’ c eagle. From some research I found that this boat weighs about 1400 dry. how much does this engine weigh? Does this seem light for a boat? Is this enough engine for this boat? If the boat is 1400 dry what is the estimated weight wet or...
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    1972 Mercury 1150 (tower of power) carb questions

    So I been working on my boat/engine trying to get it going after sitting for 2-3 years and fixed a couple of problems using valuable info from previous posts I made and read. After I got her started I wanted to test the electric choke and realized something was stopping choke cover from covering...
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    1972 mercury 1150 (tower of power) no spark

    Haven’t ran my tower of power in 2 years. She turns over and coil pack gets power. I haven’t tested it because I set the flywheel to tdc and heard the click in the distributor. I assumed since the distributor gets power so does the coil. Is this a safe assumption? I saw the distributor connects...
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    115 Distributor

    There is a guy on eBay that rebuilds the wiring harness for distributors. He also gives a 5 year guarantee. I added a picture of his eBay account. I have a 1972 115 tower of power. It is giving me trouble with getting spark to the spark plugs. I put the fly wheel at tdc and heard the click to...
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