Reply To: New to me Mark 10

[billw]

Although I have about 30 automatics, I do not have a Mark 10 anymore. Their linkage is similar, but a bit different than, later, higher horse power models. I think they are close to a Mark 15A though, which I do have. I will take a picture tonight, if nobody is able to do it before then, so you can compare how yours is set up. You are right, though…the screws ARE meant to line up with, and go into the holes in the troll lever shaft. One question…if something is backwards, it would seem to me that you would speed the engine up by moving the lever towards troll, not slow down and die. All automatics, and the Mark 10 in particular, are capable of idling very slowly and smoothly. However, it takes a well tuned engine to do it. The carb has to be perfect, the ignition has to be perfect, the compression has to be good and the link and synch has got to be good. If it has the original condensers, those are almost certainly not up to spec. You might even be running on only one cylinder. 105 or so PSI is commonly good compression.

But the BIG question…..is that thing actually pumping water?????? Wow!

Long live American manufacturing!