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I have a 40 horse mercury 2 stroke. When I took it out today and tried to back up from the dock it would not engage in reverse or in forward. However the engine does rev up when I give it gas. What could be casing this?
I have a 40 horsepower 2 stroke Mercury Outboard and I am trying to trouble shoot an issue before taking it to the shop. I took it out a month ago and it started and idled great when I gave it full throttle it ran like it should but only for about a minute then it started to surge. By surge i...