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Hey all,
We just put a new (rebuilt) power head on the motor
That said, the new power head is on and everything is hooked up and ready to go but we can't get it to fire off when we crank it. You could crank it all day but it won't even try to fire up. We've done and then re-done the timing...
My fishin buddies mercury seems to have seized up yesterday. The battery is good and the starter engages when you turn the key but the motor won't crank. He said he was running it yesterday and the motor started bogging down like it was under a heavy load. It did this a couple times on the...
I rebuilt the power head on my 94 Johnson 112 SPL and I'm having trouble getting it to idle properly. It will run out well and cruise well but won't hold idle more than 1 or 2 seconds. However, if I tilt the motor up it will idle for about 30 seconds but eventually die. I took apart the...
I have a 94 Johnson 112 and I'm having issues with the idle ever since I replaced the broken ignition switch. After I installed the switch I tested it and discovered I had it wired incorrectly. Re-wired it and everything works fine except now I can't get the motor to idle. Runs great as long...
