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    will crank easily but dies shortly after

    hey. i have a 200hp mercury engine. it will crank with ease on every try. the problem is after that. after i crank it it dies before i can even stick it in gear. i can crank it and sit there with it in choke all day but as soon as i let the choke down it will die. does anyone have any ideas as...
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    dies after start

    fished for about 4 hours last night bouncing from spot to spot. cranked up and ran fine the whole time. got back to ramp to load up and problem started. It will crank every time right away when choked but as soon as i let the choke down, before i can get it in gear it dies. will also crank every...
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    200hp mercury

    i have a 200 hp mercury. the hub keeps spinning out on my older prop and i keep having to get it replaced. so i am thinking about just going ahead and getting a new prop with a replaceable hub. would an aluminum prop be a bad idea? should i just go ahead and spend the extra money and get a...
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    HUB spun agian?

    2 months ago i had to take my prop to the shop to get it re-hubbed. now only 4 or 5 trips to the lake later my hub has spun out again. (atleast im about 95% sure it has) What could be causing this to keep happenig? What could i do to prevent this? New prob? Any help would be greatly...
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    hub spun

    i have a 1989 200 hp mercury. the hub is spun on it. does anyone know if it is a hard process to fix this and about how much it will cost?
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    could problem be the prop?

    my boat idles in gear fine. but when i let in on the throttle it still revs up but still stays at an idle pace. its almost like a car not going into second gear. could this have anything to do with the prop and/or how could i fix it?
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    shorted out?

    my boat has a switch where where you for the trolling motor. you have 2 options. run it on run like you are supposed to or on charge. me being the dummy i am, i ran it on charge one day. now it will only run on charge but with half the horse power. does anyone know what happened and how to fix...
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    reving up but not going

    i have a 1989 procraft with a 200 hp mercury. it will crank and idle okay. but when i give it gas now, it will rev up but will not go any faster. almost like a car not switching into 2nd gear. does anybody have an idea about what it could be? thanks.
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