Bluegill20
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Just picked up a 7.5 Mercury (was told it's a 78'). Anyway it will not turn over. I've checked spark which is very good and strong, compression is good on both cylinders at #120, re-built the carburetor and fuel pump all new gaskets, new gas tank and fuel line with new primer bulb. Doesn't leak any gas from the carb.
I'm not getting any fuel to the spark plugs, they should be getting wet with fuel on a 2 stroke. I removed the carburetor and air is coming back twords me and not twords the plugs, does that mean the Reed valves are bad?
The guy I got it from says it hasn't ran in a while, came on a boat he bought and didn't need the motor so I got it for $120. The carburetor doesn't have any issue as far as I know and I cleaned all the passages and adjusted the float to be level (it was missing the spring that goes on top of the needle).
I can see the Reed valves and they "seem" to be closing properly but not 100% sure. Any information and imput would be greatly appreciated.
Serial number is 5146276
I'm not getting any fuel to the spark plugs, they should be getting wet with fuel on a 2 stroke. I removed the carburetor and air is coming back twords me and not twords the plugs, does that mean the Reed valves are bad?
The guy I got it from says it hasn't ran in a while, came on a boat he bought and didn't need the motor so I got it for $120. The carburetor doesn't have any issue as far as I know and I cleaned all the passages and adjusted the float to be level (it was missing the spring that goes on top of the needle).
I can see the Reed valves and they "seem" to be closing properly but not 100% sure. Any information and imput would be greatly appreciated.
Serial number is 5146276