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    1984 150 Black Max WOT stalling

    After much diagnosing and replacing stator, trigger, coils, plugs, and cleaning carbs, the boat finally started. I took it to the lake and it would throttle in neutral but would not idle. So I adjusted the idle stop and it began to idle fine. However, when I increased the throttle it would...
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    testing trigger on 1984 150

    Im am troubleshooting a zero spark problem and checked all of the obvious. I am now at the trigger. I did a volt meter test on all the wires of the trigger while they were off the switch plate leads. There was no reading on 4 of the 6 wires when I tried to crank. Does this mean anything or...
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    85 150 crank motor problems

    I know the stator, plugs, wires, and solenoid are good. I assume the trigger is good but dont know for sure. The crank motor turns the flywheel and the battery has a full charge and yet no spark, but I dont know how fast it should turn. I assume that it has to rotate at a certain speed to...
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    1984 150 troubles

    I have just acquired a free 1984 Mercury 150 outboard and Im in the process of replacing and rebuilding the obvious. After cleaning and rebuilding the carbs there is fuel leaking foward from the air intakes. Is this normal? Also will a bad "black box module" keep the plug wires for firing...
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