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    engine flooding

    Hi, I'm new to boating and last year bought a small fishing boat with a 9.9 force on it. The guy didn't have the manual but told me to push the primer button 6 or 7 times before starting. Well I found that to be bad advice and flooded out several times last year. I have since learned that 1 time...
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    Gapping plugs

    I own a '97 9.9 merc force and when I buy plugs for it are they gapped allready or do I need to learn how to do this? If so how do I go about gapping my plugs?
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    Force 9.9 starting problems

    Hi, I'm new to outboards and my force 9.9 that I bought last year has allways given me problems on first start ups. Alot of times it won't start and flood out and still won't start after changing the plugs. I'm getting fuel and spark. I also noticed that it also seems to break up a little bit...
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    Merc 9.9 starting problems

    I have just purchased a used 97' mercury 9.9 hp motor. My problem is I hauled it wrong (horizontal) and got gas in the emergency kill switch and since I've done this it doesn't throttle right and is hard to start. When I give it throttle it bogs down and won't go any faster. Its a bear to start...
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