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    1979 Mercury 70hp - water in the combustion chamber(s)

    Thank you. That was my guess.
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    1979 Mercury 70hp - water in the combustion chamber(s)

    Oh thanks. That's good news. I just pulled the plugs and cranked the motor over and no water came out. And there was no white smoke while it was running. However I swear that I tightened that plug a little more and the dripping stopped. But I could be imagining it.
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    1979 Mercury 70hp - water in the combustion chamber(s)

    Serial # is 5353938. Compression is 130 on all 3. I just bought this motor for very cheap. I replaced the rectifier and stator to establish spark. I rebuilt the fuel pump to get it running. But I saw a little bit of water trickling out of the top spark plug threads while running. What...
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    1978 Mercury 900 switch box/wiring harness question

    Ok, I got the new harness all dialed in and she fired right up.(y)
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    1978 Mercury 900 switch box/wiring harness question

    Ok, yeah mine definitely has only 1.
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    1978 Mercury 900 switch box/wiring harness question

    Oh ok, I thought that because it had a distributor, it was distributor driven. I can see now that it's not. My switch box is 332-2986. Thanks Racer. So my question now would be: does the white wire go to the bottom of the switch box(starboard side)? Is that where the 12V from the key...
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    1978 Mercury 900 switch box/wiring harness question

    The new harness comes with a white wire, but it states that is not used on alternator driven ignitions.
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    1978 Mercury 900 switch box/wiring harness question

    I have this motor serial #4845809 and my engine side wiring harness is all rotted out. It has a distributor with 6 output wires like a pre-90s car. It starts up and runs great, but cuts out after a few minutes of running it on the water. I ordered a new JetUnit wiring harness and have a...
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    1972 Evinrude 65hp - what might cause this?

    Thanks. I'll have a look when I'm not feeling so damned sick.
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    1972 Evinrude 65hp - what might cause this?

    I just got this motor (65273S) and took it out on the little Bayliner Mosquito that it came on. It has a 17P prop on it. With the hammer down, it ran at about 4000 rpm at 28mph, and then occasionally it would bounce up to 5000 rpm and 35mph after running it about 20 minutes. The 2 subsequent...
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    Quick carb question

    Thanks, I actually remember that part from a 8hp Johnson where it was missing. But I did finally find the issue with my 135hp Rude. It was just a sticking timer base. Back to rippin'(y)
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    Here we go again. No spark on cylinder 1 on 1975 135hp Johnson

    Well, after going to the bottom of this rabbit hole looking for the no spark on 1 issue, I never found why it wouldn't spark below 500rpm. Oh well, it doesn't really matter as long as it sparks above 500rpm. So after putting it all back together, it still had the same problem of not revving...
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    Quick carb question

    Thanks for carb info. That answers my question. I took it to the dock today, but it's still having issues. I'm actually not ready to start troubleshooting my issue, which is that is not able to accelerate past idle. I can put it forward or reverse and it doesn't die. But it won't go beyond...
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    Quick carb question

    I have a 1975 Evinrude 135hp and have had some running issues. After going all through the spark side of it, I turned my attention to the fuel side. I found that whoever was inside the carbs last didn't put in the little clip that connects the needle to the float in each carb. What would be...
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    Here we go again. No spark on cylinder 1 on 1975 135hp Johnson

    Well, I started it up on muffs and it sparks on #1 as soon as it fires up. Still not while cranking. It may have been doing that all along and not even be the issue. Now, it won't stay running. It fires up and then immediately RPMs drop and it cuts out. Before, it would start up fine and...
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