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    What is a Rico?

    I saw some pictures of fish people have caught and they said they were using ricos.I have also read that in fishing reports that the bass were hitting on ricos.
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    mixture screw setting

    I have a 1974 mercury 1150 inline six and was wondering how many turns the idle mixture screw setting should be to set at?What do you set youres at?Should the three be set all the same?
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    battery question

    I bought a duralast dual cycle battery from autozone sunday, I went and put my automatic 6 amp charger on it to make sure it was fully charged because I dont know how long it was on the shelf.I heard that they can lose a little charge from sitting and that's not good.The thing has been charging...
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    battery selection

    I have a 1974 115 h.p. mercury on my boat,I don't have a trolling motor on it,just gauges and lights.I just got a fish finder for it and want to install it.I'm going to autozone to buy a battery for it because I had to use it in my truck becuase it's battery went dead.Should I get a starting...
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    oil

    i have a 1974 mercury inline 6 115 h.p. engine that takes 50:1 mix.what's the difference between regular two stroke oil and the 50:1 oil?They both call for the same amount of oil to be mixed with the gas.There is some that say 100:1 oil can that be used in a 50:1 engine.
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    1974 mercury 115h.p. trigger bad

    i have a 1974 mercury 115h.p. inline 6 that the mechanic says the trigger don't work.he says it will be about $600.00 to fix and it's about three hours labor.I cant afford that much is it that hard and complicated to do,is there a lot of little pieces that will fly everywhere when i open it?is...
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    need a mercury trigger

    i need a mercury trigger for a 1974 115 h.p. inline 6 serial 3946343.email is mikel.2@netzero.net
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    1974 inline 6 115 h.p. mercury coil

    i have no spark to the engine and when i hooked my digital meter to the leads on the coil it beeped like it was infinity.my meter is old and dont work that well,i have a needle meter what setting should it be on and what should it read for resistance.someone told me it was the powerpack that is...
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    crimp clamps

    what's the best way to get the crimp type clamps off?
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    1974 115 inline 6 mercury tilt shocks

    what is the purpose of the shocks,and where can i get some new ones? i have manuel tilt and the make tilting that engine up very hard,i cant afford a power tilt system are these suppose to help tilting.they push in very easy but are extremely hard to extend.
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    mercury 115 fuel pump

    i just bought a boat from my dad it has a 1974 115 mercury on it.my dad and uncle were doing something to the fuel pump a couple years ago and overtightened the top screw and broke the top cover.where can i get the whole fuel pump at?everywhere i look they only sale the rebuild kits.
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