haventaclue
Outstanding Contributor
"Hello folks,
Here we go ag
"Hello folks,
Here we go again,rebuilt my beautiful merc800
so
, when she fired up. Took her on the water today, never took of,the second I put her in fwd, full stop.
Back in tank thinking it was a timing problem,I rechecked the timing,it was by the book but still missing.reset using the 3 dots as setting mark,not the straight line as stated in the manual for the 1969 merc800.It now idles at 800rpm,200rpm above the stated 600rpm.
So any ideas on what I did wrong? How do I get the rpms down to what they recommended? I have played about with the idle screws but I just haventaclue
All help and advice as always is very much appreciated.Thank you."
Here we go ag
"Hello folks,
Here we go again,rebuilt my beautiful merc800
Back in tank thinking it was a timing problem,I rechecked the timing,it was by the book but still missing.reset using the 3 dots as setting mark,not the straight line as stated in the manual for the 1969 merc800.It now idles at 800rpm,200rpm above the stated 600rpm.
So any ideas on what I did wrong? How do I get the rpms down to what they recommended? I have played about with the idle screws but I just haventaclue