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    Mercury 25XD - bad idle

    ok, compression is good 120 each, rebuilt carb, spark plugs,gas line and tank clean as a whistle - timing is bad, 3 dots won't line up to mark(off to left about 1 inch) if I move the advance rod by hand the right(extend length) when running it gets better, but the adjustment is way out of range...
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    Mercury 25XD - bad idle

    ok, compression is good 120 each, rebuilt carb, spark plugs,gas line and tank clean as a whistle - timing is bad, 3 dots won't line up to mark(off to left about 1 inch) if I move the advance rod by hand the right(extend length) when running it gets better, but the adjustment is way out of range...
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    1984 Mercury 25XD rough idle

    Bought used - Did all these items but still very rough idling - at high speed runs great: clean fuel, new fuel filter, new plugs (NGK BUHW) manual specified, cleaned all wiring - grease was turning gray under connector covers, set low idle speed according to manual and adjusted - manual talks...
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