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I've had this motor for several years. Used it a couple years ago and it worked just fine then I set it in the barn and it sat for two years. Took it out to clean it up and sell it off and when I removed the cowling there was a nice mouse nest encompassing the two spark plugs. Cleaned that out...
I bought this old Mercury to use on my little fishing boat and wanted to get it going before spring. Cleaned the carbs and put gas/oil mix in it and put it in my test barrel and it fired up and ran like a champ, even idled nice and smooth HOWEVER it does not appear to be cooling properly, or at...