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My 73 Merc 500 starts up no problem and runs great for 15 20 minutes but once I put it in neutral then try to put it back in gear it dies. Then, to get it started I have to pull the choke(starts then dies the second i release the choke). Then it starts up fine with no choke and will idle...
I have been reading threads from this forum for a while now and have been learning lots but im very new to boating other then being a passenger.
I am looking at buying a boat with a 50hp merc(1970. looked up the serial #). I looked at it today and checked the compression and got between 116...
