1983 Mercury Black Max 200hp dies when put in gear

Modie23

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I have a 83 black max 200hp. Idles fine, when you put it in gear tho it just bogs down and dies. Any suggestions? I took the inline fuel filter out and replaced it and that helped a little but still does it
 

Dukedog

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very first thing is an "oem" manual..... if ya gonna do this stuff yourself.. jmo.
 

sam am I

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Spark might be weak. Can it gap jump 1/4" ish? Blueish-Whitish color? Sounds snappy, crackly, poppy?
 
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sam am I

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Without an official test procedure, I have just pulled all the plugs, stuck them back in their cap's hanging off the PH, then I wrapped a length of solder looping each plugs base making a series stringer of plugs. Then ground the solder stringer with a clip lead. Then crank it over (with a jumper wire or have someone help) and inspect all the plugs at once...Probably other ways but, this worked for me to get a quick and dirty idea of how things looked. Plugs all should light up nice and white/blue'ish all in turn and sound snappy........
 
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