fixitdaily
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"Iwouild like to present my pr
"Iwouild like to present my problem child here with the hopes of some advise and direction.I have a 1971 merc 80 hp serial #3192882 when i bought this motor (and Boat) didnt have much knowledge on this expierence.The Motor ran looked half way decent so I bought it.I was going to do a tune up and to my disappointment found out that much of the components on this motor are not orig. nor even supposed to be on here.So thanks to e-bay I purchased a Distributor,Swithbox,Coil,Recitifier,and redid some wiring.Carbs were rebuilt and a new fuel pump rebuild.So here is actually my question it starts good idles good but for some reason it doesnt rev up like it should and has an occasional miss,could be bad gas?Any Ideas Suggestions.Thanks guy's for looking...}"
"Iwouild like to present my problem child here with the hopes of some advise and direction.I have a 1971 merc 80 hp serial #3192882 when i bought this motor (and Boat) didnt have much knowledge on this expierence.The Motor ran looked half way decent so I bought it.I was going to do a tune up and to my disappointment found out that much of the components on this motor are not orig. nor even supposed to be on here.So thanks to e-bay I purchased a Distributor,Swithbox,Coil,Recitifier,and redid some wiring.Carbs were rebuilt and a new fuel pump rebuild.So here is actually my question it starts good idles good but for some reason it doesnt rev up like it should and has an occasional miss,could be bad gas?Any Ideas Suggestions.Thanks guy's for looking...}"