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    1979 Mercury black max 150 wiring to stator/ recitfier

    as i have been checking the motor over the last few days before my fishing season starts, ive replaced 2 ignition coils, all spark plug wires and spark plugs. motor seams to run pretty good as i got it out in the driveway yesterday to test it. today i was cleaning it up a bit a found some wires...
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    Mercury 150 black max trim question

    so i went fishing last weekend and the motor/ trim worked great as it normally does. then all of a sudden 2 days in to the trip my buddy and i were cruising down the lake and my motor trimmed itself all the way up. obviously i noticed it, stopped the boat and killed the motor before the lower...
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    Merc 150 blackmax serial Number

    I have a Merc black max 150 that has the serial number 5266878. the Cowl has the Merc 150 sticker on it, but also has a 175hp sticker that has been removed from the back of the cowl. ive tried looking up what the serial number says that it is but cant really narrow it down. im pretty sure its...
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    3 battery system, 2 DC and one starting

    just picked up a 94 Skeeter and have a question about the batteries/ connections. Boat runs fine but I'm curious if I can wire it for better performance. 2 of the batteries are deep cycle and are wired to get 24V. The 3rd is my starting battery. As of now just my trolling motor is hooked to the...
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    Merc black max 150 prop question

    Boat is a 18' Skeeter ss140 with a 1980's black max 150 2stroke. The prop on it now is a precision propeller 24 pitch. I think it's 14" x24 pitch. I'm getting around 54 mph at 5k rpms with just me in the boat. Curious about if I should go down a pitch or two to get my rpms up to around 5500 and...
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    1980's Mercury Black max 150 Trim question

    So i recently purchased a used skeeter with the black max 150 on it. the trim works but a few of my buttons don't. so if i go back to the motor and hit the trim up/down it works fine, but my wiring is all messed up i believe at the helm and up on the deck. in the picture, i traced the wires to...
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    1982, 2 stroke 25 hp Merc possible reed problem

    after a few months in the garage i finally got the boat out yesterday. I've owned the boat for about 5 years and take it out regularly and haven't had any problems with it as of yet. but yesterday i couldn't figure out what happened. i put fresh gas in the tank, but a little was still in the...
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    2003 Ford explorer rear grinding noise

    Hi all, I have received some great information from this site helping me to fix up my boat and thought i would give you all a try since were all pretty much DIY's. I have a 2003 ford explorer v8 4wd, with about 130,000 miles. For the past few months it has made a low grinding noise coming from...
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    Starting to paint crankbaits

    started painting some old crankbaits today...im going to start buying blank ones and painting them myself as its cheaper and i really enjoy doing it. but as a trial to doing so i repainted these two old baits to see if i could actually do it...still need eyes but i think they came out pretty...
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    garmin echo 200

    Anyone Use garmin fishfinders? im looking at the echo 200, is has a few features that similar ones in the same price range dont have. my other choices are the lowrance mark 5x or the humminbird 560, thanks
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    1983 25hp merc. wont hold pressure (Picture)

    I have been messing around with my 83' 25hp 2 stroke motor, electric start. I have had the carb replaced but the engine will not suck the gas out of the tank. i know it all has to be air tight and i have replaced all of the hoses and connectors from the tank to the carb, it has a new filter so i...
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    carburator install

    How long will it take to install a new carb on a 1983 25hp merc?
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    Lake Guntersville/ Wilson Lake, Alabama

    Does anyone have any fishing reports for either of these two lakes, or a good website to find some. Im heading down there to fish this weekend, any tips would be awesome! thanks
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    tachometer

    i read a while back about a tinytach. are these the cheapest ones? its for a 25 hp merc. Also my boat has no way of telling me the speed. i plan on getting a depth finder which will tell me the speed, is there a better/ cheaper solution in the mean time? thanks!
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    Custom Rod Kits

    I was looking around, and came up on some websites that sold Custom Rod kits. Have any of you ever built your own rod like these? I would love to try it out and only would want to spend about $40-50 on the kit. Would the rod be THAT much better than buying a rod from say BPS for the same price...
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    1982 Mercury 25hp, hand till, manual trim

    I am having a hard time finding enough info about the motor online. It runs great but the propellar its as old as the motor and im looking to upgrade. Im doing some research for a new propellar, but i dont know much about the one i have on the motor, i will try to get as much info as i can when...
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    1983 Mercury 25 hp RPM?

    Does anyone know the estimated RPM for this motor?
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