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    A bare hull

    Hi All<br /><br />I bought this fiberglass boat for cheap. It was a deal because it came with a strong 20 horse motor, trolling motor, fishfinder and all the other goodies. <br /><br />However the hull is junk. It is beatup, leaking, and rides badly. It attempted to do a Red October Crash Dive...
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    Size of pickup screw?????

    Does anyone know what the size of the throttle pickup screw on a Mercury 20hp, 1973, Serial 3758866 is. My motor seems to have misplaced this screw.<br /><br />It would be a great help as it would save me having to remove the throttle assembly and then have to readjust it. <br /><br />Thanks in...
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    Ooops, its clunking again.

    I have a 1973 Mercury 20 Horse Motor, with compression of 107 in each cylinder, and spark, that I just rebuilt the carb on. My problem is that the motor will not idle for an extended period of time after a cold start, and will not at all when hot. The idle is always terminated abuptly by a...
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    Please help a Rookie (slightly long)

    Hi, I have a 1973 Mercury 200 20 HP Motor, Serial number 3758866. Soon after purchase (it came with the boat) it began to have running issues. What would happen is, that after a period of running at WOT, and then idling, the motor would die. The motor would then become impossible to start. It...
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