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    to seal or not to seal with brittle carbon seals

    basic question on the subject… most engines today and many for years on end have had no carbon seals, carbon seal shaft plate , bottom cork seal pushed up by the carbon seal assembly on the drive shaft…etc.. etc... so is all this hardware really necessary ??? or could a...
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    another question on 5.5 jubile shift rod disconnect

    any suggestions… I am trying to drop the LU by having removed the PH , removing the upper shift rod retaining bolts but now the shift rod won't release pass the shifter and drop down with the LU tried protecting the threads & tapping/wacking on a bolt face installed on the tip of the shift rod...
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    303391 carbon seal on 1959 5.5 hp golden jubile

    went to replace the impeller and found the carbon seal has a chunk of about 15 gone .. missing so is there anything...cheap to replace these pricy little piece of charcoal best I found was about 30$CDN :mad: the motor...with 2x 90psi ……. was $60 + 2 chineese coils on eBay what...
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    Plastic lawn mower filters on pressurized fuel side on 5.5 hp

    well my C clip holding the glass bowl on the side filter on my 5.5 vanished in my shop :noidea: if it stays vanished all winter long can I use those lawn mower plastic filter on the pressurized side from the tank to the carb or are these filters strickly to be used on the vacum side...
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    Merc 9.9 what year started manuf ?? is there a serial # listing on 9.9'S

    a friend is buying a 9.9 merc apparently a 2003 but he wants to confirm the year of the manuf. is there a listing by ser # ??
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    New site lettering

    is it my eye topics look smaller and faint topic content letter size is smaller Me... I liked the old type sizes better I ain't got no more money for reading glasses jmho
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    spark plug for a Merc 4hp single cyl.

    what is the best plug for this single cyl kicker ???? is has a surface gap plug but that seems odd for a 60'S motor
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    need help how to wind spring and new cord on 3.9hp 1963-4 Merc

    can't figue out how to replace the cord and.... wind up the spring under the 3 pawls that spin out to grab the flywheel ​surely a simple solution but a few pics or good words would help a lot the spring unhooks itself if Ihave the unfortunate tendency to turn the back plate the wrong way...
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    early 60,s Merc 3.9 fuel connector leaking

    Trying to sell my 3.9 e/w those small Merc fuel connectors but unfortunately it is leaking fuel. is there any servicing I can do to stop the leaks which probably impacts the fuel suction also. the engine dies after a while
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    gnihsif llits eb lliw uoy leuf tuohtiw esuaceb yhw ​

    the above subject matter title is written backwards as in ...... right to left I often get his ... on this web site only...... when I write stuff in replies...... I am not qualified to write backwards do any of you get this problem
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    sea sense fuel water filter with clear bowl

    never had water in the clear bowl...but how often should the filter be changed ( I run my 75 etec about 40 hours per year , use evindure fuel treatment 2+4D carbon guard and sea foam regularly in my fuel
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    what year is an E55RLCNB

    looking for info and comments can only find info on r is rope start l is 20 "" transom CN would be 1982 but I find noting on 1982 55 hp's B is version model
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    AOMCI site Ask a member down ??

    soryy to ask here but does anyone know if the AOMCI ASK A MEMBER site is down.....
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    java phishing warning

    just fyi....I started getting a couple of warnings from Norton Security when clicking in IBOATs site may be nothing .. pop ups about updating JAVA come up sometimes
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    ez loader trailer bunks WOOD TYPE ??

    what is the best wood type to replace bunks and is it necessary that new bunks have same curve as the old ones or will they curve naturally after a while ? thanks
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