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    Is this speed reasonable ?

    I just finished restoring a welded aluminum 16' 7" foot Spectrum V hull boat with a 1982 Mercury 50 HP outboard motor. It has no power trim. I took it out for a shake down cruse and every thing worked great. But it felt strange to me. When I went to WOT the bow stayed flat as the RPM's...
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    1982 merc 50 HP trouble installing the LU

    I removed the LU and replaced the impeller in the water pump. I'm having one heck of a time installing the lower unit. Does anyone have any tricks or hints on installing one of these critters ?
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    1982 50 HP Mercury ignition switch box.

    Hi ya all I bought a new switch box for this motor. A warning note came with the switch box stating that I should find out what cause the switch box to go bad before I install the new one. It also said "such as an over charged battery". Looking at the manual, I can't see where a type V ignition...
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