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I purchased an e-bay special a 1974 boat with a 1974 Mercury 850 outboard. The engine starts but runs rough. It never really settles down to a nice smooth idle. I have only started it in a trash can so I don't know how it will run when opened up. It runs like the gas may be bad. There is...