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    1971 merc 1150 115 hp

    Got a question... I've been running my merc quite a bit lately and I was out on the lake a few weeks ago and I was running full throttle and the rpm's started to drop. I had been out for maybe an hour or so befor this happened. I tried to start it again and it'd start right up, but the same...
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    1971 merc 115

    Couple questions on my merc. I'm going to change my lower unit oil, A boat mechanic told me that 80-90w gear oil is just the same as using any other lower unit oil. Is this true, because I have alot of 80-90 laying around that need's used. Also on my control box on my boat. I have the old...
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    Took the boat out for the first time...

    Well After I rebuilt the top end and everything on my mercury 1150 I took it out for the first time today. It ran great and all, but I was going back to the dock to make some adjustment's and I hear a "boom". It wouldn't go in gear and I took it out of the water and found that there was about a...
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    How fast should it go?

    Well after the great help from the people here on the forum's I finnaly got my boat going after rebuilding the carb's, fuel pumps, the lines, and changing the impeller. Now my question is how fast should it go? I'm running a 1971 mercury 1150 115hp on a 1970 switzer speed craft.
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    1971 Merucy 115 HELP!

    So i replaced the water pump and everything went fine. Went to install the lower unit back in and had some trouble getting it to go. I was told to have it set to neutral. That didn't work so I read to put it in forward gear and fooled with it a bit and it went in. Now it doesn't seem like it...
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    1971 merc 1150

    I posted a week or so ago about how to get my 1971 mercury 115hp engine started. Well I've replaced the fuel pump diaphrams and redid the carb's (needle, seat, and gaskets). I also found one fuel line that was leaking and replaced it. Well I got it back together tonight, pulled the plug's and...
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    1971 Mercury 1150

    Hey, I recently picked up a 1971 mercury 1150 115hp outboard. I've been messing with it because it hasn't been running for awhile. Do these engines have any problems that I should be aware of? It turn's over fine and is getting spark It's getting fuel to the carbs when pumped. I guess the only...
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