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I've got a 2003 Merc 15 hp 4 stroke, that will only run with the choke pulled all the way out. Any effort to inch it back--warmed up or not--kills the engine. I bought it new and it's done this since new, only it's worse now than ever. I've had it in to the shop 4 times to be fixed, 3 times when...
The past 3 or 4 years I've been having tach problems. When I would start up my 1996 Force 120 the tach wouldn't work for the first 5 or 10 minutes. Then all of the sudden it would come alive, until I would shut off the motor. Then on restart it would go through the whole process again...
Perhaps a dumb question, but could anyone tell me the difference between a rectifier and a voltage regulator. I understand the rectifier on my Force outboard (probably other brands too) changes AC current to DC current, and a voltage regulator manages that current. But I hear the terms used...
