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    trim wont go up

    I have a 1999 mercury 50. was having trouble with the power trim going up, Replaced the up relay,went out yesterday an all worked fine until I parked it in its slip,will go down but not up,I have the switch on controls as well as switch on side of engine, neither one will go up, cannot believe...
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    1999 merc. 50 choke question

    I have a 1999 merc. 50 outboard, engine is new to me, when you push in on key should you not hear click of choke, I went out this morning and motor ran fine just noticed there was no click when pushing in on key. Just wondering do I need to look at this further or is this normal, Thanks for your...
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    prop help

    I have bought a 18 ft. pontoon with 1999 merc.50 that runs great,it has alum. prop F10.13x15p, on the foot is a sticker that says 12x22 1.83:1, At wot tach is showing 4200 rpm. and gps shows 17.3 mph. Sticker on engine says 5500 rpm, It is time for a new prop and looking for advice on what to...
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    updated info on tach problem

    1999 merc. 50 tach not working since installed, purple from harness to power on tach,gray to sig on tach ,and a good ground, upon checking more into it I found while looking at regulator that one of the yellow wires has gotten hot,burnt the plastic at connector and melted about 1 1/2 inches of...
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    Tach help please

    1999 Merc. 50, boat had no guages , I installed a sierra eclipse tach and a tach harness from my controls, hooked purple to +, gray to sig. and ran a wire from my ground bus to the- . Blk from harness will not test with meter so i assume it is not hooked up somewhere. the tach is set on 6p...
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    Tach help please

    1999 merc. 50 Boat had no tach,I installed a seascape eclipse tach, along with Tach harness to plug into controls,ran purple wire to + gray wire to sig. ran a ground from my ground bus to the- , the blk wire from harness not connected somewhere Checked it with meter and went to ground and...
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    oil injection question

    I just bought a 1999 merc. 50 . I am wanting to do away with oil injection on this motor,I would rather mix the fuel and know it is in there, so far motor runs great and uses oil from built in tank like it should, but I am worried if it stops and the alarm does not work then I am in trouble.I...
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    controls to tachometer wiring question

    I have a 1999 50 h.p with merc.commander 2000 controls, I bought a tachometer adapter to plug in to harness at controls,Purple wire is switched power and that is fine, gray is sending unit and Blk is ground,When I tested the power wire with voltmeter it test fine,except the ground wire is not...
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    controls wiring

    somewhere I saw a wiring diagram for Mercury commander 2000 controls,I need to know what the pins on pigtail are, Now I cant find it. If you have please link me, 1999 merc. 50 with power trim
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    Boat has no guages

    I just bought a pontoon with a 99 mercury 50 and it has no guages at all,I know I need adapter cable for a tachometer,have already ordered it.My question is what kind of tach do you all recommend , and what other guages, I am thinking tach and voltmeter are the most important.Also I know the...
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    Need info about motor.

    Hi, I am new here and just bought a mercury 50 hp ,have serial number but that is all I need as much info on this motor as possible,looked online and cant find much, any help appreciated. Ser # is G862827
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