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    1979 Mercury 175 outboard Has fire on all plugs, gas running out of carbs, wont start

    The plugs were loose one of the head bolts had also walked all the way out and the rest were not properly torqued. So I tightened all to proper torque and cleaned all pluggs. Still nothing. Boat ran like a champ last week. All gas is brand new as of this morning, and ball is tight. I...
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    Tilt/Trim Limit Switch Bypass on 1985 Merc.

    My boat is a 1985 Hydra-Sports w/ a 1979, 175 mercury v6, and 1985 tilt trim. The UP trim button on throttle goes down and so does the down. Also, when I start w/ the motor trimmed all the way up it goes down fine to a certain point maby 5deg. from plum. At this point the trim motor acts like...
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