I have an 87 model Mercury 45HP 2 stroke "Classic Fifty" 45ELO serial 0B112924 with the following issue
Before I take it on the water, I can start it on ear muffs, idles great, warms up, goes into forward and reverse gear, revs up, pull back into neutral and will sit and idle with no issues.
Put it in the water and again at the ramp it will start, idle, fine. Goes into gear and runs without any problems but as soon as I pull off power and try to go into neutral it dies and is very difficult to get started again.
If anyone has run into a similar issue and can point me in a direction to get started I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
And it is on a 15FT Checkmate MX15
Before I take it on the water, I can start it on ear muffs, idles great, warms up, goes into forward and reverse gear, revs up, pull back into neutral and will sit and idle with no issues.
Put it in the water and again at the ramp it will start, idle, fine. Goes into gear and runs without any problems but as soon as I pull off power and try to go into neutral it dies and is very difficult to get started again.
If anyone has run into a similar issue and can point me in a direction to get started I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
And it is on a 15FT Checkmate MX15