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    Reed?

    2006 250XS. Where are they? How do you get to them?

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    Re: Reed? (firemedicgreg)

    The reeds are mounted on the reed cages with small screws,the cages are bolted to the reed plate,located between the crankcase front half and the plenum,or air/box,the front of the motor that has the throttle body butterfly on top.Not difficult to access at all,in a relative sort of way,Chris

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    Re: Reed? (firemedicgreg)

    Take a look at the following parts breakdown from our website... it gives you a pretty good idea of what/where you're looking at:

    http://www.mercurypartsexpress...r6237




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    Re: Reed? (Chris Carson's Marine)

    Thanks Guys.

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    Needless to say,we make a great epoxy/glass replacement reed for your( and almost all ) motors,Chris

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    Re: Reed? (Chris Carson's Marine)

    I'm not sure mine are bad. Motor runs strong. Just never checked them. Read several posts on them. Thought it would be worth a look! If I find anything I'll get in touch!

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    Re: Reed? (firemedicgreg)

    What is the difference or the advantage of the epoxy/glass vs. carbon fiber reeds ?

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    Aside from the fact that the Merc oem replacement reed set costs 545$ as compared to our 135$,in our testing,and that of many others the epoxy/glass is more flexable and seems to perform and last better than the carbon,Chris

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