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    1997 Mercosil block is toast?

    I bought a 1997 25 Hp mercury on a 1544 as a duck rig. The dealership I bought it from had a hard time getting it dialed in when I first looked at it. After much fiddling with the timing and figuring that new gas would make it run good I bought it and took it home and started working on the hull...
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    how to wire 55w running lights?

    I need to run a pair of 55w lights on the bow of my duck boat. These will only be used when running (never left on) but I don't know if I need to run them off of a separate battery from my starting battery or not. The battery is only used for 25Hp cranking. Can it handle it? If not, and I do...
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    1998 25hp Merc starter bendix questions

    After reading many threads here, I have a question about how important the tapered tops of the starter bendix are. I replaced my smoked out starter with a new one (SM52160E) that I measured to the old one. After trying to start it the first time after replacing the starter, the bendix jumped up...
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