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    Vintage 4 hp Mariner

    It will need a new water pump impeller.
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    1976 mercury 115 possible fuel pump issue?

    Your motor may not have an overheat warning horn.-----Check fuel hose from motor to the fuel tank and pickup tube inside the tank.
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    Tool recommendations

    Agreed -------------a spark checker is so easy to make with stuff laying around your shop !
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    1976 mercury 115 possible fuel pump issue?

    With 120 PSI compression , good crankcase compression in each of the 6 crankcases.-----Good spark that jumps a gap of 3/8" or more , your motor should run and purr.----These motors are just wonderful if in good condition with clean carburetors.----You have installed a new impeller since you...
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    1976 mercury 115 possible fuel pump issue?

    Serial # of your motor?-----You start the trouble shooting with a compression test.----Regardless of what you think about your motor.----Post the numbers here.----The fuel pump is driven by crankcase PRESSURE pulses.
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    Impeller reminder for 3.9 4 5 7.5 ...Mercs

    And these impellers need to be replaced more often than other motors.----Especially if run in near freezing water.
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    1991 90HP Mercury not starting

    So 26,000 post here.-----Then you MUST check the parts book for this 1991 model MERCURY motor and all the 3 / 4 cylinder looper models!----- From 70 to 125 HP.----And you can't find a sheared key with a timing light either.----Rebuilding a 1965 model 65 HP MERCURY for a dealer this winter...
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    1991 90HP Mercury not starting

    Check the flywheel key.
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    OK I’ve had enough.

    I look at winter as nature's method to keep many folks away.-----I tell folks that " if the weather here was like in Florida , you and I could not afford to live here "
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    1996 Evinrude Vindicator 200hp--engine keeps quitting on start-up

    Post #1 says that carburetors were drained !
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    1996 Evinrude Vindicator 200hp--engine keeps quitting on start-up

    The electric primer is a valve.----It opens when key is pushed in.----So remove ( carefully ) one of the small hoses.----Crank engine with key pushed in.----Fuel should pulse out of the small nipple..----Fuel from the primer valve bypasses carburetor metering circuits and goes directly into the...
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    1996 Evinrude Vindicator 200hp--engine keeps quitting on start-up

    The motor should run longer than 4 seconds with carburetors full of fuel.----Are you pushing the key in for cold starting ?----Are you pushing key in as needed when motor falters?----Outline your starting procedure here.----Do you understand what the electric primer does and how it works ?
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    What does this marking mean on this new to me outdrive?

    I Think it means AOK condition.----They just left the O out to save ink.
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    Won't shift into reverse or neutral

    Step #1 is to drop the lower unit.----Operate shift rod and see if it shifts.----Check gear oil.----Then repair as needed.
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    Mounting bolt tab?

    Perhaps they take the place of an assistant holding a wrench inside the boat.
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    Long shaft motors

    Simple for me.---Find a suitable non running motor.----Pay a little for that motor.---Pay for parts to refurbish it to run like new.---Then you know what you have.
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    Chris Craft Wooden 39' Constellation found in estate

    Might cost $6,000 to move it before it costs $100,000 to restore it to a safe condition
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    Milky Oil in 15HP Johnson 4-Stroke

    337193 I think
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    Long shaft motors

    Check your local facebook market place.-----In my area if you search ---facebook outboard motors parry sound----You would find lots of motors.-----But then there is lots of water around that area.
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    Mercury 150 optimax

    Optimax is not a well supported item.----I would never own one.----
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