J_A_S
Cadet
- Joined
- Aug 18, 2019
- Messages
- 11
Hey y’all new guy here, I recently got what I believe is a 1989 Mercury 80 hp s/n 0B301950 and I took it out on the water and it was doing great (aside from being hard to start at the ramp) until towards the end of the day it was struggling and bogging down to get up into the higher rpms so my first inclination is to clean the carburetors. Got the carbs cleaned up and it seemed to be running pretty well. Then the next day I hook it to the hose again to see how she’ll crank up from cold and now it won’t start at all. I replaced the spark plug and still couldn’t get it to fire. To rule out any carburetor fault I shot some starter fluid down the carb barrel and still no fire. So that leaves me pretty certain that my issue is I’m not getting any spark.