wvcorvetteman
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- Apr 17, 2016
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I purchased a 1996 Bayliner 1600 with a 75 HP Mercury Force. The first time I took the boat out it would not even get on plane. We changed the spark plugs. Replaced plug wires and cleaned the carb and checked reeds. Also found the throttle cables were not allowing it to go WOT. Adjusted the cables took out for another outing. Tach did not. This time every time you put in gear it died. Could not get it to idle. Mercury dealer recommended me replacing fuel pump. Also said I needed a regulator rectifer for tach. Replaced Fuel Pump & Regulator Rectifer. Also went ahead and replaced external fuel lines and priming bulb. The engine started and idled in neutral. It also stopped dying when put into gear.The tach worked fine. This past Monday I took it out and it did ok. I thought my problems were over so I brought my wife and daughter yesterday. Boat started fine and idled fine. Going up the lake the tach dropped to 0 and stopped working. We went into a no wake zone to fish. After we ate lunch and fished we came out of the no wake zone at idle. I then increased the throttle and it immediately stumbled and died. It started right back up. I tried again and it died. After 5-6 times of that it began not wanting to start. If I put in N it would rev up fine. I went back and felt that priming bulb it was soft. I pumped it up and it started again. I ended up having my wife to keep pumping the priming bulb to keep it running. The boat would not run more than 12 MPH and would not plane. We made it back to the marina safelly thank goodness! Any ideas? I cant keep dumping hundreds of dollars in this engine if its not going to run correctly.
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