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    HELP! motor engages in reverse but not forward

    Was running my '85 mercury 90hp inline 6 OB today, running at around 25 MPH when I felt a thud. I threw it in neutral and trimmed up the motor to look at the prop, looks fine but the boat ONLY engages in reverse gear now, forward it just revs but no forward propulsion. Had to ride it in 2 mi...
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    Stator problem?

    I have an '85 Merc inline 6 90HP, ran trigger and coils tests with multimeter and all was within acceptable ohm ranges. However, on my stator test the Blue wire tested out at 4180 ohms, where the acceptable range is 5800-7000. Is 1620 ohms off of the minimum acceptable resistance significant...
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    OK..here goes '85 Merc inline 6

    Having problems with my 85 merc, motor will idle only with fast idle engaged (barely idles normally after running for a good 20 minutes). On the water the boat pulls back quickly then releases like its missing and this occurs throughout entire RPM cycle up to WOT, problem does not get any...
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