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My 9.9 has me scratching my head. Here's the problem.
So I drive across the lake, wide open, the motor runs great. I get to the other side, go to the bathroom, (wasn't going to crap in a bucket) come back and it takes 20 pulls to start the motor. Then taking off, it acts like it is running on...
Background:
This is my buddies 7.5 hp Mercury. He couldn't get it started this year and it didn't hardly run last year so I volunteered to help get it going. We had to use all new gas and oil to get it to barely run. Then when running at a higher idle, on decel, it would knock and ping. I...
History: I bought this motor this winter for a mere $100. The guy said it wouldn't move well on higher revs, "like the clutches were slipping" is what he said. Well news to me there are clutches so I figured the prop was spun. I ordered a new prop, carb kit, and plugs. Anyway, after replacing...
