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  1. Texasmark

    How's Walleyehed Doing?

    Quite a while back, he said that he was moving from the midwest to Florida to get involved in offshore racing. Thought maybe he would give us a situation awareness report. Maybe someone has heard from him. Mark
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    Learned Something Today

    I bought this "rig" in 2004 with an engine what was built in '02. The seller changed the impeller, actually the whole water pump, housing and all, gave me his old parts as part of the deal (whoopie) but apparently he was fighting a stuck shut thermostat that I realized was stuck the first time...
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    Evinrude E-Tech

    I was watching Dish Channel 193 a couple of nights ago and the program title was "How It's Done" or "How It's Built", or something like that and the subject was a tour of an E-Tech assembly line. No brand loyalty or anything else but I was amazed at the precision maintained in the manufacturing...
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    Mercury vs OMC Forum Size

    Just happen to notice the OMC site forum has almost a 2:1 lead on number of posts. Soooo speculation would have it that either there are twice as many OMC engines floating around or there are twice as many problems with them. Don't know. Have had both and were fine engines. Mark Edit...
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    RPMs and Two Strokes

    I have discussed this topic more than once. I helped a guy with an OMC Sea Drive not too long ago that wouldn't respond to the throttle to get his boat up on plane....all he did was to allow the prop to spin up in the hole and the engine responded to the throttle. I suggested that he port his...
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    Carb kit. This is getting disgusting

    I have a '02 90 triple and have Walbro (I guess) WVE carbs. Engine S/N is OT525XXX (last 3 numbers omitted for security). I want a full kit with all gaskets and needle valve and if a float is part of it great. Iboats doesn't include the needle nor the float. I can't find any online. Help...
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    '02 90 hp triple sneezing

    Ok you guys in the know. I have a real tongue twister. What causes sneezing in recent technology loop charged triple with triple carbs engines that is temperature related? Occurs on muffs at idle and slightly higher rpms. The last time I had the boat out in Feb, '12 it was a stellar...
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    Yammy 115 2 Stroke Questions

    Was over at the Yammie site just now and saw little mention of 115 2 strokes. Any ideas? Thinking about changing badge on my boat and I like the V-4 loop design of the 115 2 stroke. Problem is, can't find any for sale, nor any that have problems in the problems forum, which is great news if...
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    Anybody Running NGK BUZHW-2 Plugs?

    I had my boat out yesterday, after all the repairs and as usual it was wimpy till it warmed up. Once it did the performance, all over the rpm range was stellar. Called NGK yesterday and talked to their tech guy. Really impressed with this man and I told him what I had for an engine and what I...
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    Going to disable my oil pump. Where in the archives is the process?

    Ok guys, you know who you are, having helped me and hundreds of others with problems. This guy (me) is still on the receiving end with my current fix my machine which is detailed in this sub forum and surely you have read. After pulling my fuel pump and looking at the fuel/oil inlet plumbing...
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    Where's The Float?

    Working on fuel problems and thought while I was ordering parts, I'd go ahead and get carb kits for my engine; haven't removed them as yet. Went to MMarine and got the pn (1395-823635_4) for the carb kit and the picture of the kits shows no float but includes needle valve. Went back to the...
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    Faztbullet and jerryjerry05 Question for you guys.

    You too Chris 1956 Have an '02 3 cyl 90 Merc. It sits in the "garage" for a couple of months or so between outings. I have tested the fuel enrichment solenoid and know it works. Also after getting the engine started, if it coughs, I can energize the FE valve and the engine recovers, so I...
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    Year Model Question

    Years ago, I had a 4 cyl 85 Merc, TTL cylinders outside the clamp brackets...old style lower unit/midsection, don't remember if it was DC or not (would be nice to know if it was) but it had 3 stripes down the side of the black cowl, one red, one blue, and I think the third color was silver...
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    New Fangled Dangle Prop Hubs.

    Was surfing props today, starting with iboats (of course) Merc props. My 24P XL Ballistic lets my stock 90HP, 2.3:1, 4 1/4" gearbox, 17' tin lizzie, run up around 5600 to 5800 rpm's in a straight away with 2ea. 200# folks, fuel, and gear....normal load. Holds pretty good in a tight turn...
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    Idle smoothness of Cross Flow vs. Loop fuel scavenged engines.

    Was just surfing the Chrysler site and noticed that Frank had a new toy, a shaved head for a triple. I noticed the size of the wedge was much smaller, indicating to me that a lot of material had been removed. But that trigged a question and I may have heard it before, so if you choose..... I...
  16. Texasmark

    ebay curiousity

    Was trolling around ebay today and noticed a lot of engine (cowling) covers for sale, a disproportionate number considering the other OB parts for sale. Is there a message here or am I just reading something into this? Mark
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    Ok You Guys, Here Come the Credits:

    Back in October like 15th thru 23rd I had this horrendous problem I created for myself by deciding to tweak my low speed carb screws because during the drought and subsequent heat wave of 90 days of temps over 100F my engine would die after a run on the lake and in an attempt to go from the dock...
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    One more question 3 cyl 90 Merc carburetors

    I got my linkage parts in yesterday and installed them. Then I went through the linkage setup per the manual and in hindsight it looks like I got it all per the book. The interesting part of the experience was that in the linkage section it mentioned setting the carbs at a certain place and...
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    Hey Sprky.............What's your favorite beverage?

    Ok man. Eatin Crow on this end. Once I read your profile, I felt you knew what you were talking about rather than just yakin. I thought back concerning the last few minutes on my last outing which was pretty hot and I had been running long enough for the interior of the cowl (engine) to...
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    It's Me again, new question on same topic

    Something I noticed that I thought odd was when the engine would apparently attempt to fire off the loafing cylinder and I guess all the accumulated fuel in the cylinder exploded all at once and made the big bang and puff of smoke out the exhaust, I had smoke pop out in an unusual place...
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