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    mercruiser bulletin 2002-1 interuptor plate replace

    you can't buy a switch, discontinued. you have to buy the new plate with the new shaped switch on it. It's all new shapes but fits on the cables and motor. I've tested it in the electrical set up. solid closed or shorted to ground. no clicking sound, I am twice as poor as I was before Joe Biden...
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    mercruiser bulletin 2002-1 interuptor plate replace

    I have no spark, on Larson citation 17" with mercruiser 140 HP, 3.0 liter, old fashioned shift interupt switch. acting like the shorted wire from coil - post, thru interupt switch to ground continuously. no opening to allow spark. I hear there is a bulletin 2002-1 to replace old style with new...
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    bad interuptor switch

    can a bad interupter switch cause no spark when starting the engine? I get no spark at spark plug.
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    Water leaking into tank when I forgot to plug the drain.

    water was in the doat for a 3 year period. after having all interior rebuilt, engine wouldn't start. finally pumped some gas out of the gas line to the engine. into clear glass, saw water to the 1/3 line! pumped all gas out of 20 gallon tank, separated gas and water ended up with 12 gallons. Now...
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    electric choke

    I can't find an exact description of what a normal choke does in operation. I understand how it is supposed to do to start cold engine but what exactly closes it? Is it still open from the last use when I come out to it? what action closes it? key on or start? throttle forward and back once? in...
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