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    Bad cavitation on hole shot!!!

    My new boat is a 92 Astro 17.5ft with a 92 Mercury 150 XR6 carb. Here is the problem: Took boat out last 3 weekends since purchase and noticed at WOT hole shot at 3k rpm it would just hit rev limit or cavitate very badly. Had to back off throttle to easily get it tp plane out. Once riding i was...
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    Mercury not producing a charge to battery

    I have noticed on the last two trips out that my battery was almost competely drained down. So today i checked the voltage at the battery and had 12volts. So, i started engine and raised rpm to 1500 and didnt see no increase to 14.5 volts only 12volts. So, what could be the problem? Just...
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    Idle Timing Module unhooked?

    Hey guys i just noticed on my 92 Mercury 150 that the idle timing module is completely unhooked. Would this affect anything?
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    Mercury 150 XR6 hard to start!

    Ok guys here we go again. I had u all help me figure out some trouble on my buddies boat which had a Johnson GT150 a few days ago. Well yesterday i went and baught my own bass boat. 1992 Stratos with a Mercury XR6 150. Very nice setup and guy i got it from said it has been a excellent boat...
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    89 Johnson 150 gt Boggs!

    Well running into a few problems. My friend has a 89 Johnson 150 on a bass boat. Said when he first got it he rebuilt the carbs him self and we just changed the plugs and new gas with 50.1 mix 2 stroke oil. He said it was running good when he first rebuilt the carbs. Well we took it out for a...
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