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    68 mercury 125HP (coil)

    can a coil on a mid 70's inline 6 outboard be used to replace a coil on a 1968 inline 6? on the website oldmercs i looked up the coil and it shows the one used on the 70's engine the only thing i wonder about is the mounting bracket
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    1968 mercury inline 6 switch box

    is there any way to check a switch box with a volt meter to determine if it is good? and if there is what would i check?
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    mercury inline 6 no spark

    i have a 68 mercury 125 HP inline 6 the coil has 2 wires one goes to ground and the other goes to the switch box the question i have, is the wire going to the switch box suppose to be grounded? when i hook a test light to a hot wire and touch it to the wire going to the switch box it lights up...
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    vintage evinrude parts

    i have a vintage evinrude lower unit the engine is a starflite 100-S model # 100693R serial # E02581 can anyone tell me what year this is?
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    mercury 125HP distributor

    mercury 125HP distributor anyone know where i can find a good used distributor for a 1968 mercury model 1250 125HP inline 6 distributor? or can the rotor and shaft assembly be removed from a 4 cyl.85HP distributor?
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    omc 3.0 shift problems

    i am having problems getting my stern drive in and out of gear i was told the shifter shaft may be out of adjustment anyone know what the height adjustment is? would appriciate any help!
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    omc cobra stern drive shift problems

    anyone know what the shift shaft height is on this omc 3.0 cobra stern drive?<br />would apriciate any help!
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    omc cobra stern drive shift problems

    anyone know what the shift shaft height is on this omc 3.0 cobra stern drive?<br />would apriciate any help!
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    1987 omc 3.0 starts cutting out at 2800 rpm's

    i have a 1987 omc 3.0 has everything new from filter to spark plugs, cap and rotor, electronic ignition, coil. but it cuts out and acts like a spark plug or wire hit and miss it had the same problem before all the new parts were put in with one thing differant it does run a little better with...
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    carburetor adjustment

    i have a 1987 regal with a omc 3.0 (GM)cobra. i have a problem, when i throttle down it wants to cut out at around 2800 rpm's i installed a new distributor cap and rotor, wires, plugs,coil and changed it to an electronic ignition system.i adjusted the distributor timing as well. it does a little...
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