TOPIC: the beast it is home

well just picked up my merc 115 from joe poole and it ran smoooooooth . a cold start but once it warmed up first hit of the switch . looks real good sounds better the main point he stressed was never run it without the proper water intake . i am not proud i wont need to show it off until it is ready to go. properly hydrated. but she is a nice outboard. thanks to joe i have a good connection of all of the running gear i need for this project.

i have video but do not know how to upload it

billy

Looks good. Joe has been real helpful with lots of good advice about refreshing my old 650 Merc.

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thanks i will jump on here and sign up now. get them on soon

billy

A really cool resolution to the evil cranky cold start issue for the inline-6 Mercs that only have two chokes with three carburetors is to eliminate all the choke components and convert to an enrichner system that was introduced on the later inline-6 Mercs & v6 Mercs and used on virtually all carbureted Mercs up into the early '90s until Merc went to EFI, etc.
A very cheap & easy fix.
I can write a post if requested on what steps need to be taken to convert a choke system to an enrichner system.
It truely is an unbelievable difference in cold starting a Stack-6.
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thanks doc but i believe joe installed one on this outboard. i might have had a miscommunication on the cold start. I should have said primed cause joe runs the engine dry of fuel. to keep the carbs cleaned of gunk. but i appreciate the info next time i see him i will ask he told me if i had a problem starting it to pump the little button on the fuel thingie and try it again. ... i will ask and get back on the instructions if needed. what does it look like. a little relay pump kinda on the top of the motor with fuel lines running off of it.????

billy

Billy, sounds like the primer setup is installed, if you post a picture it'll confirm......ed

See if this pic works, save Doc some time here. (It came from him) Click to enlarge