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    winter is comming fast and I need help

    I have a 1984 Mercury 40 hp OB. that I bought over the summer and since its my first boat and my complete lack of knowledge of how to maintain it. I need help getting it out away for winter. I live in Northern NY and we had our first freeze last night it got down to 28 degrees and I need to know...
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    carb question

    I have a 83 Mercury 40Hp outboard that idles fine in neutral but when I put in in gear and let it idle, it spits and sputters. If I had the carb rebuilt would that fix that issue or could there be something else wrong with it. BTW seems to run fine when I open it up WOT. Thanks for any suggestions.
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    Just got a boat w/down riggers now what?

    I am fairly new to the area and I just got a boat that happens to already have down riggers on it. Its been a very long time since I have done any fishing at all, I am planning on fishing on Lake Champlain and on the St Lawrence River in Northern New York. There is supposed to be some fairly big...
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    new boat owner, old boat

    I just bought my first boat yesterday a 1984, 16 ft Lund with a 40hp Mercury outboard. It ran fine I took it for a test drive and had no problems at all, it started right up idled fine, ran well,no problems at all. I puttered around with it when I got it home disconnected the gas to check out...
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