1984 50 hp Mercury carb issues

[steplift20]

Dam Phat,you make it sound easy, I wish I had your talent and spares too
I think what I'm going to do is remove the bowl and see if the float is stuck, that's about the most I feel comfortable with. After that ,I will bring it to a Mercury shop
First one guy at the Mercury shop said we can't do it cause it's a old (1984) outboard then I ask the mechanic and he said sure ,bring it down. I will let you know how I make out.
I hope spare is just busy ,nothing else .
Going out for fluke and blue fish tomorrow and weakfish too,yep weakfish.

[phatdaddy]

Good luck

[steplift20]

Thanks phat I will post it on how it turns out

[phatdaddy]

I was talking about the fishing,

I know you can handle the carbs

[steplift20]

Fishing? Oh yeah what was I thinking
I'm fishing very very close to my marina and doing pretty good
Not going for stripers but catching cocktail blues and fluke and weakfish and not burning
8 gallons of gas maybe closer to 5 gallons
As far as the carb issue goes ,I think I'm going to have a problem, the motor is a 1984 50 hp and getting a carb girl it is going to be a challenge , I went to the marina where I live and they said they will try to help me but was told before that they can't.
So if you know anything or anywhere that I can get a carburetor for my engine let me know .
I'm still looking. I bet spare can fix it in his sleep and you too I bet , but me not do much. I will tell you how my fishing goes the next time I go out.
Later gator ,.

[phatdaddy]

Carb girl?

Must be a northern thang

[steplift20]

Carb girl? My bad. Erase the girl.
The carb issue maybe that's what I wanted to write But is there a carb girl out there? I'm good with that

[cfelton]

Yep, sounds like a float stuck or maybe trash in between the needle and seat not letting it close when the bowl is full. You can get a carb kit and go through it. Its not hard, really. Check the float, maybe saturated with gas making it too heavy, holding the needle open.