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i just have to adjust the throttle i had to do it with my hand another thing is should the ignotion coil get hot at all when trying to start and im not getting spark on the little rod on the starter only if i jump it directly to the + on the battery and i think the gas is bad in the tank cause i...
i tried the engine after swaping the switch last night and i got nice spark now.I still didnt get it started because of this crapy weather it wanted to start though i think with a little ether it will fire up i just hope the gas isnt bad it sat for a year and a half. Well hopefully their isnt a...
i have no spark i tried hooking the battery straight to the coil and still nothing what should i do the coil should still be good i just bought the motor and dropped it in yesterday this happened when i tried to start it out of the boat would the wire harness not being plugged in cause this or...
im gonna try to salvage my 89 merc motor by rebuilding it from scratch. i spoke with an older more experienced machine guy and he told me not to do it ill be pissing my money away. however their are remaned motors all over the internet so why not rebuild it. anyway i got water in the block/head...
