[reyb]

I guess I'm a little dejected from yesterday. I was able to get the motor idling at home by adjusting the pickup timing(Thanks Spares!), but once out in the water it was still dying on me. It was better than before but again, still was dying. It wasn't fun going back to the launch at the end of the day and trying to back out because it was full of boats only to have my motor die on me and the boat start heading towards some rocks. Luckily, I was able to get it started in time and avoid hitting the rocks...whew! I've ordered a manual, but don't want to throw a lot of money at the motor when that money can be put towards a new(er) motor. I was envious of a guy at the dock that got in his boat and started it right up and it idled just fine; it was an *older* mercury motor than mine!

Yeah, I hear you about buying someone else's problems when it comes to used stuff. ~$10k for a new motor or a couple thousand for a newer used motor. Those Suzukis are 10yrs old compared to my 20 yr old motor. I guess age is not that big of a deal compared to condition.

Btw, would a set of carbs from a '84 Mercury 150 blackmax work on my '89 motor?