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    1984 75HP Mercury outboard, idles fine in neutral, stalls going into gear.

    Repairs done since last spring: - Cleaned, rebuilt carbs.; - new plugs; - new stator; - new fuel lines; - replaced corroded wires; Idles smoothly and sounds normal in neutral, when I shift into gear the engine stalls. Almost like it is too much pull on the engine to engage the prop...
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    1984 Mercury outboard 75hp issues. Please help. I would really appreciate it.

    Please bear with me while I explain all the details. So I have been working on restoring a 1984 4 Winns Catalina since about April. When I got the "free" boat it had sat outside for about 5 years. I started with replacing the entire interior from the fiberglass floor up. At that time I thought...
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