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Tell you what, my '83 merc 40 2 stroke on my flat bottom Bass Tracker loves to run wide open with the BUHW plugs, never had a problem, might never will. It came with L76V plugs but upgraded to NGK. Idles ok, skips over the water over 32 mph and never complains. Lots of miles on my baby.
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just cruising on flat water, one cylinder is cutting in and out. This has been happening for the last couple of years. Fuel is good, starts good, idles good, etc. Reviewing the generic manual, looks like it could be the CDI, an injector, or the RPM limit module faulty. I never run it at WOT...