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  1. Texasmark

    Number Viewing

    Every time I pass the OMC and Merc forums I notice that OMC has twice the viewers as does Merc. Does that mean that there are twice as many OMC engines out there or there are twice as many problems with what's out there? Just curious. I was an OMC guy back through the mid '70's. Had good...
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    Dockbuster Question

    Was surfing the Old Merc. site the last couple of days and was curious about the dock buster. Pulled up an old thread on here back in 2011 and in one of the replies it mentioned that the engine was direct drive; no overrun clutch. Question is how did they get away with that? With direct drive...
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    Something on the 150 -200 rpm per inch of prop pitch change

    Props shown. Speed went from 50 @ 5700 with the 24 XP down to 40 with the 21P @ 5800 and 47.5 with the 21P at 6600. So let's extrapolate the 47.5 at 6600 up to 50 which would academically relate to 6600/47.5/50 = 6947 rpm. So I have a 3" pitch delta and a 10 mph speed change at roughly the...
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    Something about torque falling off at increased rpms on a 2 cycle OB

    I was out with my sweetie today and observed a couple of things. Some guys on here talk about engine torque falling off when you get out of the recommended rpm range. I didn't know one way or the other. So, today I disproved the myth. I have this thread and a similar related thread in the...
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    Engine internal fuel line parts

    Ok. My turn to ask questions. Thinking about redoing my engine fuel lines beins it is an '02 model; or at least having the parts on hand to fix it when it breaks. Have been all over www and can't find two things: Zip ties or what ever you call them that lock the hoses in place (use specific...
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    Is the bow eye on your aluminum boat wearing out?

    Mine was. I tried several local professional welders and couldn't get any bites. I have a farm so I have several types of welders. I tried gas and MIG. Both were a total disappointment. Problem was heat sinking and thickness of the eye cooled off the joint before you could make it, even if...
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    Thanks, Prof. JB or whomever

    It appears that someone has come to their senses and stopped the obnoxious popups. Made the difference between me moving on (yeah big loss for you) and staying. I can't believe the advertising department is/was so narrow minded as to aggravate the living XXXXX out of you with a popup in your...
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    Curious about Mercury hose routing on V engines. Come on big guns, let's hear from y

    Mercury V6 engine cooling hose routing has been on the Merc forum a few times recently and I have a puzzling question that has intrigued me for many years and seems like time to ask about it. My son had a '96 as I recall Merc 150, V6 2 liter. It had thermostats at the top of each bank of...
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    E tech Question

    What's the opening temperature of the thermostat on the 115 e tech Evinrude? I was watching a new episode of Swamp People tonight and they were running their new one. The boat's occupants were in short sleeves, they were running at or estimated close to WOT (boat was making a lot of white...
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    Insurance company advertising opportunity

    I was thinking about the guy who got his boat shot up in the melee catching the second brother. I read where "America" is going to buy him another. Some gal was sending a $25 to his home for her contribution. Well that's a great idea but implementation of such a thing would take some planning...
  11. Texasmark

    What you need to know about props. Prof. JB a Sticky?

    I ran across this info today and it covers a lot of info that we have to keep relaying to newcomers. What about a Sticky so that we can just refer the newbie to it and they can get the word from the horses mouth. Some points of interest include where the engine rpms matter in selecting the...
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    Swamp People TV Show

    Saw the first of the new season shows the other night. Ole Troy was his finest as usual. Waiting for him to get some holes in his "lucky" tee shirt. The hour before the new season show, the Texans, who were to go back home the next day to enter the Texas season, had a contest with Troy and...
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    Is it Ready to Go or Not?

    Over the winter I cleaned out the carbs and put in a new impeller. Every thing went without a hitch. Fired it up on muffs afterward and was very pleased with the results. All systems go. Yesterday I pulled it out to get it fired up as the weather is warming and we are getting some rain here...
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    Fuel Issues with Marina Boats

    We have been serving the fuel issue back and forth again and I have a curiousity for those of you who anchor your boats out in the bay or dock at marina for extended periods of time. Every time I was around such places there may be 100 boats but only a hand full used. What happens when you...
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    My Ethanol Experience.....yes here we go again, but it happened to me

    Guy across the road is an urbanite and comes out to his place seldom. Was out yesterday with a seldom used, in new condition APU. Comes over to the house and want's me to help him get it started. Draining the gas in the bowl indicates degraded fuel.....yellow ethanol. Bowl inner surface just...
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    Attention ADMINISTRATORS........................

    Now that I have your attention, today's cartoon tops them all. Was it Queen Isabella or Columbus or one of his advisers that said that the world was square you could just sail off the end of it. Your cartoonist has a wonderful imagination. For comedy to be funny and not tacky like a lot of so...
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    Boat Topic

    In the recent past I have noticed a rash of "Newbie" boat owner postings. One thing lacking on here is the news media and their bias to support their own ends which we have to tolerate any time we want to know anything about anything. Well not this time. It looks to me like the economy is...
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    Yammie no clunk prop and other things about props.

    Since we have had precious rain for the last two days I was surfing to compete with the cabin fever boredom. Wound up on the Yammie site and on into the prop section. Some really good info in there that answers a lot of questions that people ask on here. Figuring out how the no clunk works...
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    Hey Mercury Fans

    If you are curious about history, I was surfing yesterday and wound up on you tube with about 5 movies covering the history of Mercury engines. Really interesting. Thing is, I remember reading newspapers covering some of the events, like their 24,000 mile endurance test of the "Tower of Power"...
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    Well Folks, Here We Go Again......Ethanol and Marine Propulsion

    Personally I don't care what your mind set is. Ethanol in a marine environment has gotten a lot of attention on this site. I have used this companies product to preserve my farm diesel and it has done a stellar job. I had nothing else to do today since it is cold outside and my cows are fed...
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