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    1980 mercury 50hp 4cyl

    Also the motor will only idle nice with the idle screws about 1/4 turn out from lightly seated, maybe time to replace those? Or is it something else? both idle screws make the motor stumble when adjusting, also you can choke the motor out by covering the air intake (both carbs) which makes me...
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    1980 mercury 50hp 4cyl

    I will be getting a volt meter Tomorrow to test the electrical, also when I had the motor apart the exhaust was about plugged full of carbon but after cleaning it made no difference maybe slightly
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    1980 mercury 50hp 4cyl

    Got everything back together and the motor is still running the same (maybe a bit better) I had a sneezing problem with it before, I have since got to go away with adjusting the idle mixture screw rebuilt the top carb fuel pump, thought it could have been that to no change, but if I unplug the 2...
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    1980 mercury 50hp 4cyl

    Compression is around 120 in all cylinders, I just put a new stator on and the flywheel key was still on, I suppose it could’ve sheared off since, I’ve also managed to get the power head off to look at where the leak was coming from and it’s the steering mount system that connects to the mid...
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    1980 mercury 50hp 4cyl

    Will I have to remove the power head to get to that area or is there a way to take off the driveshaft housing?
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    1980 mercury 50hp 4cyl

    Hello, I’ve been trying to get this motor running all summer, it will run just fine on throttle only, revs up like crazy, but not in gear it has spark in all cylinders, fresh fuel, new plugs, new stator, new trigger. I believe it’s something to do with the lower end, any ideas would be much...
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