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    ignition problem

    i bought a 1975 merc 650 (65 hp)put it on the boat runs good but the throtle was tight so i took the controles apart to grease them. put it all back together and the ignition didn't work. i have power to the electric choke but not to start. any ideas?
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    good choice?

    i have a 1979 16' tracker bass boat had a matching year 40 hp merc which has recently blown a cylinder. I am looking at replacing it with a 1965 johnson 40 hp a friend has for $350 it runs good has equal compression on both cylinders but i am cautious since i have never owned a johnson and not...
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    40 hp merc thunderbolt ignition

    i have a 1979 merc 40 hp with thunderbolt ignition. the moter would only run half throtle one night while out catfishing. it had been having trouble which seemed to be the carb so i rebuilt it and that didn't crue the prob. yell in the mean time the fuel pump went out so i rebuilt it looking...
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    water around spark plugs

    on both cylinders on my 1979 40 hp mercury i have noticed some water leaking from where the spark plug holes are, it isn't alot but enough to make me wonder what it could be
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