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    1250 mercury starting

    tried to start the motor from a regular car battery. Should this work? if not how many cranking amps im I going to need to turn the motor over. I think the battery was stone dead, the engine did turn but not fast. Also is it common for the carbs to spew fuel when pressing the fuel bulb? And...
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    1969 mercury 1250

    recently aquired a 1969 merc 1250 and an old thermoglass boat, could use some info on maybe what i should be looking for before going on the ocean with it. We plan on running it at home a bit first. Is there any known problems with these engines. We really have no history on it but when I opened...
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    1980-1981 70 HP ignition problem

    I've been troubled by this engine for some time now. had the ignition tested and replaced the switch box and stator. The motor would not start. So I read some threads on iboats and tried something I read about disconnecting the yellow/black wire from the micro switch, still the engine did not...
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    1981 70 Merc. No spark

    downloaded some manuals from ebscohost and tried testing the stator trigger and swichbox the test showed that the switchbox was faulty replaced with a new unit still no spark. Do you think maybe it's the rectifer/regulator or something else. The motor was running well oneday and then the next no...
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