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    1998 Merc 175 Nitro Series starting problem!!!!

    Hello all, I want to start out by saying Thank you thus far in all your help. Everyon here has been wonderful this last year and i just want to say thanks..... Previously i had power loss issues and tried numerious things to fix it, one of which was running SEA FOAM through my engine. Now the...
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    1998 MERC 175 NITRO SERIES POWER LOSS UNDER LOAD

    Ok first of all i want to thank everyone on this board. You guys are truly sent from god. <br /><br />After i fixed my last problem, with the help opf this board i ran into a new one. I have a lot of trouble coming out of the hole shot. it used to take me under 5sec to hit the throttle and be on...
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    98 merc 175hp weird warning beep please help!!!

    Howdy,<br />I have a 1998 mecr 175hp nitro series outboard. I have owned this boat and motor for about 2 years. When I got it had an intermittent warning beep that I finally isolated as being a loose ground. Now on my last outing where I spent 3 days at Clearlake I got the same type of beep...
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    What is a good fishfinder for a decent price? What do you run?

    Howdy everyone,<br />i have a cheap walmart special fishfinder right now but i wanted to upgrade. people seem to be all over when it comes to there prefference on finders, so i jusst was wondering what a decent model is and how much does it cost? What are you using right now? what do you think...
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    83 merc 70hp WOT problems

    Howdy, <br />took out my boat on tues. and thur. On tues. it ran fine no problems. On thur. fueled up an went out. at the dock started up fine let warm up about 5 - 10 mins. went 5mph till hit buoy gave her all the gas started to get up onto plane and heard POOF or PUH(something to that accord...
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    Reccomended rpm range @ WOT 83 merc 70 hp???

    howdy, i was wondering if anyone knows how i can find out my rpm range for my motor. i tried going on the merc site to find it but no luck. thanks
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    Cannot get Tach to work on 1983 Merc. 70hp

    Howdy, i cannot get my tach to work for the life of me on my old merc. i have tried runnig a line from the rectifier but i didnt know which of the four bolts on top to hook it up to. i tried 2 of them but does anyone know for sure? i have hooked it up through the merc control using the brown...
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    new fuel guage + sender reads max full

    howdy, i just bought a new tank with a sender on it and am trying to hook her up. i have it to the point where it reads totally full, but i dunno where the short is. any ideas? thanks
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    Where is the mixture screw on the carb?

    Howdy, i have a 1983 70hp merc that runs ruff. it will not idle for very long without the choke on. i took a quick glance at the engie but didnt see the mixture screw. i know i can find it but better to be safe than sorry. thanks for the help.
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    2 questions from your newest noob. Tilt pin, Tachometer

    Howdy everyone,<br />i would like to start of by saying that this is a great site, and i have been coming here reading on all of my problems thus far. everyone gives great info and helps out a bunch. <br />Ok here is the skinny. i bought a 1978 monarch 18' bass boat about a year ago. i have been...
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