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    Serial Number

    50hp Serial# 1965042 Merc500 What year is this outboard motor can I still get parts?
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    50 horse mecury reverse lock?

    My dad has a 1964 50 hp mercury outboard. The reverse lock does not engage the horizontal trim shaft pin. Is there an adjustment to the vertical shaft that runs down twoard the skeg? The sahft is spring loaded but in the down position the two hooks on the hoizontal shaft do not engage the trim...
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    Hauling Toon

    I'm looking for someone in the southeastern Mi. area to deliver a 30ft Crest HD houseboat. I need to move it 65 miles from Novi to Toledo. It is 9ft tall from bottom of tune to top of roof.
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    engine bogs down when accelerating

    Crusader 220 CH 305 cu.in. When I launched this spring the port engine would stall at idle in neutral. I checked the idle speed it was trying to idle at 490 RPM I adjusted the idle speed screw to 700 RPM & reset timing to spec 10*BTDC it was at close to 20*now it bogs down when accelerating...
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    Oil mixture

    I have a Johnson 9.9 horse Model #10R79B . What is the fuel to oil ratio? What does the B stand for in the model #?
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    shaft packing

    I have a 1979 28ft. Carver mariner with 220 crusaders. The stbd shaft packing nut is worn out. The shaft is 1 1/4" . I bought a Buck Algonquin complete packing box with packing nut & hose #00pb125wp I could buy the packing nut seperately #00125pbbwp it is a locking type using(cotter pins). The...
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    exhaust steam?

    My port engine crusader220 runs at around 160* the starboard engine runs 140* I switched temp sending unit wires & the temps switched so I would say the gauges are pretty accurate. Last night very calm seas was out for a short cruise, the port engine looked like their was steam in the exhaust...
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    inboard transmission question

    I have twin crusader 220s with Walter V-drives & Borg Warner transmissions. The starboard engine starts in gear. It does not appear to be just a cable adjustment? At idle when I shift into neutral the prop will start to turn after a couple of seconds. They are in a 1979 carver mariner 28' I...
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    engine v-drive alignment

    I have twin 220 crusaders with walter v-drives. I have vibration at the stuffing box on the staboard shaft. When I run at 3000 rpm it vibrates enough to loosen the packing seal. I pulled the shaft & straightened, it was out about .012" t.i.r. at the packing area runs within .004" after...
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    prop shaft packing

    Packing prop shaft on inboards. I have twin crusader 220s. The starboard enging packing dried out some over the winter. I re-tightened the packing nut. It has two cotter pin holes 180 dgrees apart. Adjustment is limited to 1/2 turns. Any advice would be appreciated. <br />I adjusted it last...
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    v-drive

    I have twin crusader 220s with Walter V-drives.<br />The starboard drive starts in gear. Is this just a cable adjustment? They are in a 1979 carver mariner 28' I bought it in Sept. last fall & didn't notice the prop turning until I was under the boat winterizing it. It didn't dawn on me why I...
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    carver mariner

    Last fall I bought a 28ft. 1979 carver mariner with twin 305s. Really like the mariner style with the large bridge. The two annoying problems to date are a smell from the area near the holding tank. The previous owner said the holding tank leaked. He installed a new 25 gallon holding tank with a...
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    carver mariner

    Last fall I bought a 28ft. 1979 carver mariner with twin 305s. Really like the mariner style with the large bridge. The two annoying problems to date are a smell from the area near the holding tank. The previous owner said the holding tank leaked. He installed a new 25 gallon holding tank with a...
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    1954 johnson 5.5hp

    Johnson 5.5hp model CD11<br />Starts & runs great but when I shift into gear it stalls?
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