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    Tell tale hose

    Can anyone give me the area in Iboats to find the little rubber elbow nossel where the water pump tell tale check comes through the coul 500 50 merc.
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    50 hp no fire

    Can anyone tell me where to find the ign wire at the engine? I want to connect 12 volts to make sure the ign switch is not my problem. It will some times start and run 2 seconds and stop wont start for 30 trys after. I know its not a fuel problem because priming it does no different. Thanks
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    1979 50 hp merc

    Engine runs fine when on muffs, but wont accelerate when in water. Just idles smooth and when acceelerated just dies. This just happened sudenly when out on the lake for a day. Stopped to fish and when restarted it would only idle back to the boat ramp. Runs on all four cylinders when at idle...
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    Leaking rivots

    Any way to seal leaking rivots? Someone has tried to epoxie them from the outside and it cracks and gets rubed off the hull. Quite a few leaking. All under the decking.
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    50 hp merc

    79 4 cyl where is the fuel pump located?
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    Above idle problem

    Fishing this weekend and 1979 50 hp merc ran fine for two days. Last trip it would not accelerate above a idle or it sounds like it is starving for fuel. Idled two miles back to boat ramp and checked bulb it was hard. Next morn it started right up but had to hit choke quite often to keep it...
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    humming bird speedometer

    Hava a bass boat without a speedometer. I noticed the fish finder has provisions for a speed transducer. Any good or am i wasting my time?
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    Hell bender

    For years i fished with Heddon hell benders with the best result ever. What happened to the heddon company? Best trilling and retreving lure in the world is gone. When nothing else works it produces, so sad.
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    Question for silver tip

    What fuction does the grey wire have that is on one of the two yellow wire studs on a merc rectifier? 50hp 500 1979 merc
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    trailer turn signal problem

    My trailer turn signals work well on my other vehicles. My 2006 frontier turn signals work well when no trailer is attached. When towing the trailer the signal will blink a few times the first time used. After that they will flash once and then stay solid lit .
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    Live well

    Bought a boat with a live well. Never seen one operate so will some kind person explane the way it operates and how to operate it.
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    Charge problem

    500 50 hp merc found a defective rec one stud closed the other two open. Also no 12 volt to the rec My question is can i run a lead to the pos side of solonoid to by pass the broken wire in the harness?
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    Carb adjustment

    I cant find any air fuel mixture screews on the two carbs on a 1979 5oo 4 cylinder 50 HP. Are they fixed?
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    No charge problem

    1979 500 50 HP will not charge. Battery is 1265 when stopped and 1211 when fast idle. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks
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    Merc four cylinder

    I used to have a 50 hp three cylinder, now have a four cylinder. Is there a preference as to the best motor or is it the year? If some one could give me the year i need it. Ser# 496378 50 hp model 500. Thanks for your trouble.
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    50 horse merc

    Bidding on a aluminum 17 ft bass boat with a 50 horse clasic merc. Is this engine going to plane out ok. Seems to me the aluminum boat should be lighter than a fiber. Am i wrong?
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    Trailer weight

    Can anyone give me a weight of a 20 foot pontoon boat and trailer with a 30 HP motor. Just a good guess will be fine, Thanks
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    Game and fish

    As a young lad i always went fishing with my dad. He had a 12 foot john boat with a very old sea king manual motor. He had been pulling on the rope for hours to get it started and to get us home. It had just started and was wot when the game and fish said hold up we want to check you out. he...
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    Drop shot

    Please explane what drop shot fishing is, and how to do it. Thanks
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    prop wobble

    77 1150 has prop wobble for a long time, never leaks or viberates. As a matter of fact i never know it when boating. Can i straiten it in a press or should i leave well enough alone?
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