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  1. Texasmark

    Bottom Painting for salt water slip

    Back in the late 1950's when I obtained my first boat, I painted it with Interlux paint and having purchased it used from a guy who sold paint, that was his choice. Seems they have survived the test of time.....mark of a quality product.
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    Crestliner Snap lock seats

    I have one of those with some of those. Cup grease works fine...regular old #2 like is in your grease gun.
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    75HP Force/Mercury 2-Stroke Stalls at Odd Times

    I had a black speck of deteriorated fuel line floating around in the bowl of one of my carbs on my 90 Merc. causing a similar problem on a 10 year old engine running E10. Final solution to the problem was new fuel components in the engine including filter, lines, pump kit and carbs redone and...
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    Primer Bulb Recommendation?

    Well next time I am in a store I will check my comment's authenticity. I bought one and have it on my boat now and I am sure it was Quicksilver or Mercury brand. What caught my attention was the fact that the primer bulb wasn't the classic diamond shape and I thought that it was peculiar that...
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    Primer Bulb Recommendation?

    Wally world here sells an OEM 3' hose and bulb for $35...........rediculous pricer but EPA got into the fuel line critique business and they are priced out of sight. Next time you go to an auto parts store for some fuel line hold onto your skivvies.......almost 4 bucks a foot! Wonder what's...
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    115 Pro XS Command Thrust on a pontoon - prop?

    Hard to get 2% on anything. My guess would be more like 20%. Reason why is too much of the surface that would otherwise ride ON the water is IN the water.
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    100hp mariner starts but doesn’t keep running

    On the Mercury of that HP the idle set screw is on the spark advance lever, not the carburetor control linkage. The manual states that you get in the water with the engine running, F gear, control set to idle, fast idle off, and adjust the screw (timing, white knurled knob ss spring loaded...
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    Mercury 250 hp V8 vs Mercury Verado 250 hp V8

    The prop is part of your gear train. Engine RPM/lower unit reduction ratio x prop pitch, assuming equal prop slip and identical props other than pitch will give you the same number. I never did figure out why things like the 90 hp Merc runs a 2.33:1 gearbox and the 115 runs a 2.0 on the same...
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    Mercury 650 Pee Hole - Volume of water?

    Dirt dobber could have made a nest in the outlet. Follow the hose back to the source...probably exhaust manifold water jacket. Pull the hose off and run the engine at idle I'd say shooting straight out the back, hose and cowling off, maybe 4' and strong, not spewing. A Harbor Freight...
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    115 Pro XS Command Thrust on a pontoon - prop?

    The "bright idea" of the day: Put a jack plate on it and tweak it till it suits you.
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    100hp mariner starts but doesn’t keep running

    Keep us posted. Fuel pressure is like a few pounds at idle and something like 12 +/- at WOT as I recall.....or maybe that's cooling water pressure I'm remembering. Bullet proof test for the fuel pump if in doubt, squeeze the bulb if in doubt.
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    Shocks

    Ok. I didn't go into the subject mentally at the time. Just seemed to be what they did which made a lot of sense to me....course I liked the between the transom brackets later models used better for when you are up and running and hit a submerged object.
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    1950s Alumacraft boat

    I guess I would have been over the limit. I was looking for a OMC 50 looper to go on it....I guess I would have had stellar performance...course I did want it to get up and go when I had to outrun a storm......fishing open water in a small boat.
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    Shocks

    I'll add this. When Merc decided to add power trim to their engines, those mounting points for the shocks came in mighty handy. I had an 850 with PTT and the hydraulic cylinders replaced the shocks, perfect fit. I bought it new back in the mid 70's as I recall. One of the finest engines I...
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    Oil delete

    My 90 oil pump was gear driven off the crankshaft. I removed the fuel pump for access, removed the gear/shaft in the pump and reinstalled the pump. Did nothing else but add a pint of TC-W3 oil to 6 gallons of gas when refueling. I changed nothing else. Surely there are other ways of doing it.
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    03 mercury 50hp 2stroke loss thrust

    The Forward gear operation is like a saw blade....vertical in one direction and sloped in the other. The vertical portion is used when the engine is driving the prop. The sloped is an "overrun clutch" and is used when the water is driving the prop.....decelerating. In Reverse the gears are...
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    100hp mariner starts but doesn’t keep running

    Remove your main engine fuel filter and cut it open....getting a replacement of course before you do that.....what's inside and how much? If black specks its fuel line degradation and you need to replace your engine's fuel lines and do a kit on the fuel pump while you are at it. Then do the...
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    Newer era Mercury 4 stroke cooling temperatures

    I had another thought last night. It may be to reduce the accumulation of engine cooling chamber deposits especially from salt water. I live in a high alkaline environment. Great for showering but tea pot accumulates lots of mineral deposits.
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    Newer era Mercury 4 stroke cooling temperatures

    No I don't but what difference does the temperature make if the engine tolerances are designed for thermal expansion at the higher temperatures?
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    New to me Lazer II with 3 square PVS vent holes

    Well I read it and I never saw a prop with only one hole and I half a dozen years ago I was scrounging around marine dealer used props when I found my Laser II.....so much for suppositions on my part!
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