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Heavy load boats generally do better with a 4 blade prop, better hole shot , ( one extra blade for bite ) and getting one close to your current prop pitch will have very little affect on your top end...

Turn the nut with the plugs out by hand, use a zip tie or something to see when the top cylinder is all the way up, flywheel should have timing marks with a TDC line on it, that line should line up...

Most all fast idle levers only work when shifter is in neutral , not brand specific

6 lb Mr Crappie high vis held up good last week when I snagged and landed about a 3 1/2 foot gar , wanted my road runner back

Sliders, sliders and more sliders

Road Runners , oh yeah

Sliding in , been away for a while

Carb cleaner , brake cleaner will both remove the left over glue, but it still involves a bit of elbow grease, spray a little on the glue, then on a rag and get to work

I have installed CDI aftermarket's with good success

Simple check, start motor on hose or in water, yes insulated pliers, while running remove spark plug wire, be careful it will shock the daylights out of you, if you remove a wire and motor dies, then...

The plastic and we're installed somewhere when the stator was relaxed, went from original to a replacement red stator , new style stator only uses half of the posts on the switchboard

Hogans creek and Wilson creek have ramps in them as does Tanners creek, that one is public, others were private, when I lived there, there is a small marina in Laughery not sure about a ramp though

One thing to at least look at and rule out is what's the compression on cylinder number 2 and is it different than number one, reason I ask a cylinder with some scorning on the sleeve and lower on...

They all do what they are intended for , I would suggest maybe installing a Merc, Bombardier or Yamaha, reason being, it will never give you problems at home, nope at the lake every time, so having a...

If memory serves me, and I am getting old, the carb may have a plastic top cover , similar to the 40-70 HP carbs. If it has a plastic top cover, remove it and look at it holding it up as it came...

A word of advice, trailers with the vault system on them do last a long time but they have a catch, when cold the grease is black, but once warm going down the road it becomes almost oil like similar...

Zinc is the main ingredient in sacrificial anodes, which is what keeps aluminium from corroding when electrolysis occurs, zinc will corrode before aluminum, that's why most all marine fasteners are...

In it to win it

Might want to inquire at a Mercury dealer, there was a service bulletin for some rectifier regulators on Mercs a few years back, I changed quite a few. See if your motor was involved in an update ,...

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Myself ( on the right ) and a friend second place at Woody's Crappie tourney Mississenwa IN

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Paying a mechanic to rebuild the carbs or fix an electrical issue is a world of money cheaper than paying to rebuild a powerhead , thousands cheaper

Now here is another problem, running a motor ,V-6 at WOT with a plugged up carb is asking for major problems, the carb that is not getting enough gas into the cylinder is also restricting oil, there...

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If fuse was blown motor wouldn't crank but if you want to check it remove the cowling, on the starter side there is a black plastic cover that all the wiring goes through, fuse is inside a boot with...

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I would say the latter of the two, your going to have to suck up to an OMC mechanic somewhere that may have a system check gauge or tach that you can plug in to see it the lights come back, the self...

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Split the lower cowling, 3/8 bolts allows you to open up the cowl to access the two lower float bowls, it is fairly easy

Oil injection is not electric type pump, only mixes oil in the gas while engine is cranking, now one recommendation , you say you ran motor until it ran out of gas, in doing that the VRO pump is...