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Old 05-29-2020, 08:26 PM   #1
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Hi all, looking for section 4 of the Merc service manual #25. Does anyone have a link to that section?
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You’ll find all of manual #25 under Documents of this site.
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MMWJR, I downloaded #25 from the documents sections but it is only 225 pages and only through section 3A. How do I access the other sections?
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MMWJR, I downloaded #25 from the documents sections but it is only 225 pages and only through section 3A. How do I access the other sections?
Seems that all that was loaded of that manual but you may want to PM shrew to see if he has the full manual. Another option is to also get manual #24 as the sections you are missing are generic between your V6 and the V8.

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Seems that all that was loaded of that manual but you may want to PM shrew to see if he has the full manual. Another option is to also get manual #24 as the sections you are missing are generic between your V6 and the V8.
Apologies, I do not have the manuals.
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Hi all, new owner of an older Maxum on the Finger Lakes in upstate NY. Thanks for having me on the forum.

Just wanted to knock around and maybe fish a bit on the oh too rare times I get up to my fav lake, and so new to boating I bought an 88' 1700 last year with the Alpha one/3.0 from the local mechanic! Seemed like a good idea...he'd rebuilt it. Ran fine when i started it up last Nov. to winterize, and I did a bangup job- I think- of fogging (seafoam) and filling the block with coolant.
I am looking to get more familiar with other tune up issues with this motor, since it won't be run much, and I don't have it with me most of time. And with COVID I havent been up to run her at all yet. Going up next week: Anything particular I should do with no run time since last Nov.? priming with oil, or such? I think I will try to put her in.

Mainly, posted here to ask if #26 IS the closest shop manual I can find. I don't see anywhere a 3.0 manual for specifically older ones, and where there seems to be many changes after '89 in these motors. Not even sure if this thing has points under that distributor, I haven't had it off yet. Wont until I need to, I guess, but boy I was 14 the last time I adjusted points, ha. Anyway, any tips for a newbie will be greatly appreciated and thanks to whoever posts the manuals, that was very helpful!!

Thanks in advance all! Happy Boating, SenecaLakeJunkie
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Hi all, new owner of an older Maxum on the Finger Lakes in upstate NY. Thanks for having me on the forum.

Just wanted to knock around and maybe fish a bit on the oh too rare times I get up to my fav lake, and so new to boating I bought an 88' 1700 last year with the Alpha one/3.0 from the local mechanic! Seemed like a good idea...he'd rebuilt it. Ran fine when i started it up last Nov. to winterize, and I did a bangup job- I think- of fogging (seafoam) and filling the block with coolant.
I am looking to get more familiar with other tune up issues with this motor, since it won't be run much, and I don't have it with me most of time. And with COVID I havent been up to run her at all yet. Going up next week: Anything particular I should do with no run time since last Nov.? priming with oil, or such? I think I will try to put her in.

Mainly, posted here to ask if #26 IS the closest shop manual I can find. I don't see anywhere a 3.0 manual for specifically older ones, and where there seems to be many changes after '89 in these motors. Not even sure if this thing has points under that distributor, I haven't had it off yet. Wont until I need to, I guess, but boy I was 14 the last time I adjusted points, ha. Anyway, any tips for a newbie will be greatly appreciated and thanks to whoever posts the manuals, that was very helpful!!

Thanks in advance all! Happy Boating, SenecaLakeJunkie
#26 should be close enough for most things you’ll need to know. Did you put a stabilizer in the fuel? Seafoam is a cleaner. After adding a stabilizer you should run the engine to get the mixture through the fuel line and into the carb. Most likely you have points else there would be a ignition module on the port elbow.
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Thanks, Mike! For the help. Yeah, OK it'll have to do, then, #26, plus I see a few separate carb shop manuals out there that might help me hone in on adjustments, etc., as they come up. I'll need to grab the exact #'s when I am at the boat next week.

OH, yes, I did add fuel saver, but I didn't circulate it that much. Only for about a minute or so till I choked the motor out with foam, since I didnt have water at that time on hand. So I'll keep that in mind and run longer next time, or what Im thinking is basically I'll put the boat away every time as if its winter. Maybe except antifreeze until Nov.

Thanks again for this tips, wish me luck!

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If you don’t use it often I would add stabilizer at each refueling. Good luck.
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