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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
new member, new project 14ft Waco Merc 9.8
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<blockquote data-quote="mmf" data-source="post: 214534" data-attributes="member: 4379"><p>That is a nice little boat and a great find! Those little 9.8 Merc's are hard to beat! The older ones are MUCH better quality than the new motors of today which only last 10 or so years while the old Mercury's still go on and on 50 years later and more! I am a Mercury mechanic and mainly restore older mercury outboards, rotten wiring is the main thing that plagues the older motors but that is easy to fix with a little patience and time. </p><p></p><p>Yes, go thru your carbs and fuel pump with rebuild kits, also, make sure you replace the fuel lines, they will be rotten on the inside and stiff as a board, if you don't, you will immediately stop up your newly rebuilt carb and fuel pump with little bitty pieces of black rubber from the old lines!</p><p></p><p>The manuals for these motors can easily be found on ebay in CD form, I have bought many of them over the years. You need to make sure to perform a "link & sync" on your motor too especially to make sure the MAXIMUM timing is set correctly. Many times previous owners turn screws that they should not and get the sync out of adjustment, so that needs to be checked.</p><p></p><p>Your motor might have a "Phase Maker" ignition which is a great one and the main thing is to get the points set right, don't worry about the points looking burned at the contacts, this ignition switches the coils on and off and that will happen to a new set of points very fast. Make pictures of your wiring before tearing in to it too for reference and keep posting your progress.......good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mmf, post: 214534, member: 4379"] That is a nice little boat and a great find! Those little 9.8 Merc's are hard to beat! The older ones are MUCH better quality than the new motors of today which only last 10 or so years while the old Mercury's still go on and on 50 years later and more! I am a Mercury mechanic and mainly restore older mercury outboards, rotten wiring is the main thing that plagues the older motors but that is easy to fix with a little patience and time. Yes, go thru your carbs and fuel pump with rebuild kits, also, make sure you replace the fuel lines, they will be rotten on the inside and stiff as a board, if you don't, you will immediately stop up your newly rebuilt carb and fuel pump with little bitty pieces of black rubber from the old lines! The manuals for these motors can easily be found on ebay in CD form, I have bought many of them over the years. You need to make sure to perform a "link & sync" on your motor too especially to make sure the MAXIMUM timing is set correctly. Many times previous owners turn screws that they should not and get the sync out of adjustment, so that needs to be checked. Your motor might have a "Phase Maker" ignition which is a great one and the main thing is to get the points set right, don't worry about the points looking burned at the contacts, this ignition switches the coils on and off and that will happen to a new set of points very fast. Make pictures of your wiring before tearing in to it too for reference and keep posting your progress.......good luck! [/QUOTE]
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