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    Mercury 40 2 stroke throttle and tilt problems

    Hi, I have a mercury 40 (1978) 2 stroke manual start. The throttle and gears are all driven by one lever. When you throttle up it almost hits maxium but is only in half revs. You then have to really push and keep hold of the lever to get it to higher revs. I would like to know if this can...
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    Mercury 40hp Prop specification

    Hi, I would like to know what size/pitch prop is required. I have a Mercury 40hp 2 stroke thunderbolt start, serial number 9185219. I beleive the engine is late 70's? My boat is a 14.4ft cathedral hull. Can anyone help?
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    Support Engine when Towing

    I have a 1978 Mercury 402 wich has a broken tilt bracket. I understand that the bracket is not to be relyed on for towing. The problem is that I do not know how best to tilt the engine back to allow be to tow. At present I am using a rubber keel roller ove rthe tilt pin. The engine is then...
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    please help me find out more info on my mercury

    Could anyone help. I would like to find out as much as I can about my Mercury engine. The serial number rof my Mercury 40 hp is 9185219. age / horse power / prop size / rpm etc?? many thanks
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    Mercury 40hp gear and throttle set up

    Hi, I have just purchased my boat and outboard. On first run the throttle lever was acting as the gear lever and the gear lever was acting as the throttle lever. We achieved about 5 knots! Wworth bearing in mind that previous owner had never ran the boat. I have reversed the cables as...
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    Mercury 40 hp 2 stroke outboard thunderbolt engine problems (can anyone help)

    The boat I have just purchased has a Mercury 40hp 2 stroke thuderbolt ignition outboard. I would be interested to know what year and model it is. I am also having an issue with the forward speed it is producing. The engine sounds good but I cannot achieve the revs. I am checking the...
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