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    85 mariner 20 no power until heated up

    My 85 Mariner 20 hp will start up first or second pull. Idles ok. But when I leave the dock it has no power. I hold it wide open and it runs without missing or sputtering but sounds bogged down with very low speed. I hold it open for about 5 minutes until it gets warm and it lunges a couple...
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    Need marine plywood advice.....

    I cut the carpeted floor out of my 16ft. Lund because of rot. I bought a sheet of 3/4 fir marine plywood to replace it with. After I cut it to fit on the aluminum stringers, but before I carpet it, I want to try to coat it with something to resist rotting again. I have read about epoxy resin and...
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    mercury 40 stuck in forward

    Hello everyone-Great site you have here. I have a problem with my pontoon.I was going to put my boat in reverse to clean some weeds off my prop,but it just revved up in nuetral.Cleaned weeds off by hand-still no reverse.Brought it back to dock-restarted-now I only have forward-no nuetral or...
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