You need a plastic welding kit! Metal staples would hold that part together.

That’s a rough ride Marv, I had an Ecoboost F150. Hopefully they changed the oil frequently as those turbos are very sensitive to dirty oil.

That’s a rough ride Marv, I had an Ecoboost F150. Hopefully they changed the oil frequently as those turbos are very sensitive to dirty oil.

You're were just like my grandpa always staying busy doing some kind of project. That's awesome 👍

The other thing these motors need is to get rid of the flat no gap spark plugs. Use a traditional gapped plug and they will not foul out if you do a lot of idling. The only other things that would make it run bad are the crank seals sucking air. But it looks like you got her doing well. Just make sure you replace the water pump if it has been sitting. You don't want a petal breaking off and get shoved up into the block.

Rebuild your fuel pump!

Go outside have some fun with your toys you wont regret...or make some room and sell

You have a wonderful, positive, and loving attitude Sir. Very well done ! And please always remember, you are posting videos on an internationally available viewing stage, there is always going to be someone who very unfortunately lives in a life of misery, and will try and include you in that misery. Don’t give them the satisfaction of even mentioning their negativity. Keep on going with your happiness, and share your wisdom with the world Sir ! ❤️❤️

Good work there Marvin! 😊

Any vehicle is more than just a thing. It's where memories are made

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Go back fishing, think how much joy you had with your fishing partner out there on the boat

Here’s another link to the old motor if your interested kzfaq.info/sun/PLixR3FUmp19Qjpkm43iLH6BsrsUv_vWzI&si=YfmHbaajrGDmJdHr

Here’s one of the links to videos connected with this friend kzfaq.info/sun/PLixR3FUmp19TVIzq_RIXrS8MGuPQoco48&si=UBHRcd1x0ojDxvNa

Your friend is still with you bro...keep doing it

It may be hard to go out and do it again. But I promise you, you’ll get the spark again and you’ll be hooked all over again (no pun intended) I’m sure your buddy would want you to continue fishing and catching big ones in his memory

Aww man Marv if I lived near you I would be your fishing buddy. Everyone needs a buddy with a boat 😊

Hell yeah brother!

Sorry about your friend.... fishing is so relaxing if I lived close I would go fishing with y'all

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The ultrasonic cleaner works best when preheated to max temp and a good cleaning solution used. Not dishwashing liquid or pine-sol. The aircraft grade Simple Green works very well.

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A great name if I've ever seen one!!

Now that’s a Nice door closer

Hey Marv. When are we going fishing?

Looks like you may have oil in the test tank. Check your crankshaft seals with a little bit of ether or carb cleaner, if the RPM Changes at all they are bad and need to be replaced. Having bad crank seals will make the engine run poorly because the air fuel mixture will be diluted. If you pull the powerhead it would be a good idea to change the reeds out also. My 82 mercury 40 was running very similar to this and I chased my tail for a week trying to fix it with a rebuilt carb and diagnosing the cdi system, turns out it was lower crank seal. Hope this helps and good luck

yup the 80's were some very good years

Good luck Marv, fix'em up right!

I had the same engine. It would never start. It turns out that it was missing a part that WAS NEVER INSTALLED FROM THE FACTORY ! Mercury manufactured a lot of junk motors back then. My solution was to switch to a different manufacturer.

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I like that body style. Broncos awesome.

I envy your shop.

Remove carb. Clean it well. Electrics are good. Its the carburettor.

Old is right

Hi Trevor!!!!!

Did you take the emergency hot dog freezer

Fixing things sure is satisfying. I hope you have a great time.

It should be your official hot dog refrigerator freezer for storing hot dogs for future use never know when you might need 12 dozen hot dogs

You can do it!! Keep working hard on these videos! I enjoy watching them!

Marv what was the final fix?

That's a baby 😅?

Congradulations!!!!

You are so inspiring!

Listen Im sitting here drinking coffee fixing to Go to work and guess where. Yep my 35th Year at PK lake and on a few outboards pwcs and sterdrives. Let me tell you how a outboard works the first 2 3rds of throttle is mainly turning the stator and ignition timing before carb. they need synced. pull the carb off and give it a good cleaning then find the correct inital adjustment for low speed screw. propanly 2.5 out. check reeds valves while off. You are adjusting everything you see and no idea to what degree they need be. then make sure fuel is good! not just the tank but the fuel in carb float bowl too. The adjustment on front of carb only affects idle area hence called idle mixture screw. Im fairly certin a good carb cleaning might fix your issue. To maybe cheat take the air screw out and remove float bowl drain and flush carb/choke cleaner into the air mixture screw hole with screw out then put back about 2 turns out. its getting small enough fuel to try start die. To test this spray some carb spray in carb and try start. it trys to run then you know its fuel it dont well its flooding or ignition weak. you have to find direction not just guess.

usually when it splits gas out the front of the carb the reeds need replaced. That would also be why it idles poorly. The other thing on these motors is the case may need to be split and resealed. Mercury uses this not hardening weird gasket sealer that fails all the time on this motor. It too can cause idle issues just like what it is doing. If it will take off and run wide open then it is one of the things I mentioned. The way to check the reeds is to remove the reed block and shine a light from the inside and look to see if there are any gaps that light shows through. Sometimes depending on the type of reed you can flip it over and it will fix it for a while. But if there is any gap between the reed block and reed it will run bad and spit fuel out that gap.

it's looking good!

You have a nice truck and shop...

God bless that man

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