Re: 85 hp V4 reeds

[DAN ANDERSON]

I’m with Don on the reeds. OMC doesn’t have much problem with reeds. I can understand the paranoia with the Mercury bunch. If I had to tear the whole motor apart to get to them (even take the crank out) then you would pay a lot more attention. On top of that Mercs have more reed problem as a whole than OMC does. Might be because of the higher RPMs?
Even after Merc went to the V-6 type engines they still fail more reeds than OMC/BRP. The only problem OMC/BRP has is if the whole reed box falls off the intake manifold?
As far as the fixed jets making you nervous, the carburetors can still be tuned. You just have to "throw brass at them" as we use to say. Your motor shows .027 low speed jets. If you feel the need to change them let me know? We can do something on an exchange basis. I have plenty of brass.

Dan in TN