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    68' Mercury 35 hp with no spark on #2 sparkplug

    Hi everyone! I recently bought a 68' Mercury 35hp 350 motor (serial # 2301754) that was only running on one cylinder when I got it. I replaced the points, checked the gap, condensors, and replaced the #2 ignition coil that was cracked. Unfortunantly, the motor still ran on only the #1 cylinder...
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    Bogging and stalling problems

    I recently bought my first boat ( 70' 15ft fiberglass with a 66' Mercury 65hp on the back). First time I took the boat out, the engine would start right up, go into gear easily, would rev and run great, but the boat wouldn't move any faster then trolling speed at WOT. It was suggested that the...
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    Having a NIGHNMARE!!!

    Goodness sakes, I hope you guys can help me here. I just recently bought my first boat (an early 70's fiberglass 15ft) for fishing the local river and lakes. The boat has a Mercury outboard on the back which I BELIEVE is a 65hp, but not so sure now. The motor fires right up and runs great. I...
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    Having real problems figuring out what to get

    My prop is shot on my Mercury 650hp outboard. So, I'm looking at these props and trying to decide what to get. Problem #1- I'm trying to run down the year of motor I have, but I'm finding lots of things that don't match up. The serial number on the motor is 2017585. I've been to 4 different...
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    Problems with 65hp Mercury (boat won't move past a troll)

    Hi everyone! I just joined up here and hopefully can get some help with this new "Nightmare Project" lol... I recently bought an early 70's model boat, motor and trailer (15ft fiberglass with a 65hp Mercury on the back). This is my first boat, so I know NOTHING about them. The engine starts up...
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