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  1. Texasmark

    1996 Mercury 30 HP Primer Bulb Routing

    You probably have a fuel enrichment solenoid operated by the ignition key when in the ON-Start position and pushed in which is a starting aid. You didn't say what HP your engine is. On my 2002 90 and 115 at the top front of the engine (cowl removed) is a device about the diameter of a half US...
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    Need advice for getting boat on plane

    Knowing your wide open speed and engine RPMs would help us to understand the problem. In looking at the position of the helm, with your essentials and the side by seat positioned where it is, I too think you are stern heavy and 40 doesn't have enough whoopie to get you up all that fast. Not...
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    1977?? Bumblebee boat seems like a lot of water pours out of it

    If you don't use the LW and that is what it is, Walmart has plugs for normal transom drain holes that may/can/will fit that hole. I have 2 LWs in my current boat and do not use either. I did what I said and that was that. On the screened inlet I disconnected the hose at the rear of the plug...
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    Merc 150 Intermittently Bogging Down at WOT

    While you are at it, get a new filter and cut your old one open to see if its clogged. You may be "un" pleasantly surprised at what you might find therein.
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    90Hp torque spec

    I find that manufacturers torque their filters and when you look at the instructions on the side of the filter.....3/4 turn after the seal touches the engine's surface, they were way too tight. I had a standby generator that had the case to mounting flange start leaking as a result of over...
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    Suggestions about boat not getting on plane and prop protection

    My grand daddy had just such a boat, planked flat bottom, sealed with lead and Okum (spelling) cord, powered by a 10 hp Johnson back in the mid 1950's. On occasions when I visited, I would move to the bow seat and the boat would barely plane. When coming home in the afternoons, the wind...
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    90Hp torque spec

    If nobody hits on this I'll tell you what I do. When I buy something new it seems to be torqued to the published spec that the bolt/nut can handle without ripping the threads out or snapping off. I even had an oil filter on my Generac standby generator fail at the seam because it was torqued...
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    Fuses keep blowing at the battery

    What does the fuse look like where it separated? If it looks like it melted and fell out of position you have something consuming excessive current, a hard to trace problem. Start by looking for corrosion on the fuse/fuse terminals themselves. If the fuse stays intact long enough, the problem...
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    Mercury 115 2+2

    You are right where you want to be.
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    Water in the bilge

    I think if a bellows is leaking you would have a volume proportional to time in the water. If in doubt about bellows condition, or if boat has been sitting for a long time, or its used but seldom if ever changed I'd be changing the bellows and If you take the outdrive off, greasing the CV joint...
  11. Texasmark

    16ft lund aluminium boat add kicker motor

    Not necessarily on that sized boat. I have seen it done on several boats and it seems to work fine. Another example is a larger boat with a dual engine setup for folks that go offshore. If one fails, they come home on the other with the dead engine tilted up. I would imagine that you may...
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    Mercury 115 2+2

    Well Jimmbo one September day in 1973 we had a company picnic. I had a New 1972 Johnson 125 (power tilt but no trim...that came out with their '73 year model} with the newly released 17P OMC SST 3 blade (non ported) prop on an 18' Caravelle tri-hull. It took some doing but I, alone in the...
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    Mercury 115 2+2

    My 2002 115 2+2 has a 5250 rev limiter module. The serv. manual covers 1996 through the end of production so I don't know if the '92 version had one or not. A 3 blade prop is multifunctional and made for fast running as a design objective. You can get ported props, holes under the leading...
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    Registering A Boat In Texas With No Title

    Really? Where did you come upon that tidbit of info? Unique to Vermont? Any idea as to why? Seems like discrimination to me.........
  15. Texasmark

    Pontoon speed vs rpm

    Apparently your "prop slip" is high at the lower speeds. Go-fast.com has a prop slip calculator. You input your gear ratio...like a 2:1 would only have 2 entered, propeller pitch and your RPMs. Answer comes up "theoretical max speed" which would be a screw turning in a piece of wood type...
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    1969 Lamar boat built by Central Boat Works

    That's a classic. Back in the mid 50's dad and I would go down to Galveston to fish and would pass the boat works. I always "lusted in my heart" (Jimmy Carter) for one of those pretty boats they had on display as we only had a 10 hp Scott Atwater and rented what we used.
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    Mercury hard shift problem

    If the bushing is bad I would expect that you could grasp the lever at the top and attempt to make is "wobble". If solid then I would look elsewhere. The Clutch Dog spring is fully compressed for R, relaxed for F. The shifter cam/cam follower on the front of the prop shaft could be...
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    thread wear on prop shaft what is causing it?

    Looking on the non threaded spline, left side I think I see a grayish discoloration at a 30-45* angle. Considering the angle where engine/outdrives are position when sitting in a slip in a marina, I'd suspect some sort of corrosion (worn out sacrificial Zinc Anodes) besides the obvious runout...
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    04 Crestliner Super Hawk 1600 bow trim switch.

    Its in parallel with the Helm throttle/shifter switch (on that handle) and the switch on the side of the engine, Starboard side.....3 places where you can tilt your engine.
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    BRP reveals a new style of outboard, Rotax powered, horizontal crankshaft....

    On the Mercury Force comment: I had a 1972 Chrysler 85 HP I bought new with a 16' Chrysler Sport Fury tri hull, bow rider....a very simple, 3 cyl., crossflow engine with plenty of power. Only gripe is that I ran with the OMC Looper crowd and they smoked me on fuel consumption. None of us had...
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