need help from someone with old merc experance

[lathehand]

destroyer your right on about the heads.It's just a water jacket.When I said it'll scream Yes out of gear but in the water.The prop spins freely by hand and the prop size ie 13and3/4x17.I've tryed to rase the trim up it don't seem to make much differance.I't almost seems to me to I'm not gettin the high seepd circut between the carbs and distributor

[spareparts]

is it the modelwith a distributor, or does it have switch boxes? Sounds like the high speed windings are gone in the stator

[spareparts]

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[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by spareparts

is it the modelwith a distributor, or does it have switch boxes? Sounds like the high speed windings are gone in the stator

Check the specs in my first post on this thread. Those specs are for a 1977 L6 inline 6 cylinder engine (1500) He has a distributor, but no points. (CD ignition) The fact he said it will scream when not in gear kinda points to the high speed windings working.... Certainly worth looking at though.

[lathehand]

the engin has a distributor and no points.I can't beleive the ststor is the problem but i have another one I know to be good.I'll give it a try.I just hate to pull it out of the water to change it

[RidgeRunner]

Wires had a tendency to deteriorate over time on them motors. How do your plugs look?

[lathehand]

I'm one of those guys who change the plugs at the begining of the season.I tend to fog the cylinders kind of heavy.I don't think the wires are to bad I've run the motor in the dark and don't see any sparks jumping anywhere

[lathehand]

Thank you friends for your suggestions .The problem turned out to be the carbs.I wasn't the one who rebuilt them .After pulling them apart they looked like three diffrent people worked on them.The floats were so far out of wack the center one wasn't hardly getting any gas at all.After putting it all back together it runs great now.I guess I probably shouldn't try takeing the easy way out and gone through them myself.