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    Year of manufacutre not shown in tables

    Hi, i have an old 50hp Mercury engine (oil injected) and have followed all the threads telling me how to work out the year i have located the serial number sticker but rthe tables showing what numbers are what years are all 7 digits long (and so is mine) but the top out with numbers starting...
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    Engine jumping into gear from high rev neutral

    Hi, I have a runabout with a 1988 50hp Mercury and single stick Quicksilver controls. I got the boat beat up 3 years ago and have restored it slowly as time and money have allowed. The engine was serviced a few months back and has new steering and cables. I start it at home very second week...
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    '88 merc 50hp starts but won't idle in neutral

    Hi, So I finally got my '88 50hp going. Got a tank and a battery and built up anticipation and was sadly disappointed that couldn't start It. Then, the next weekend I was told that if when it is in neutral that I hold in the button called throttle only and push the gear full forward, it...
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    I know what my outboard is :-) :-) now next question

    A great forum helper has told me (given my serial number) that my outboard is a 50hp Oil injected Mercury 1988 3 cyl built in belgium....... ..... ok next silly question does that mean its a 2 stroke or 4 stroke and do i add oil to the fuel or to some oil only chamber in the engine itself ...
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    charts dont seem to match serial to a year

    i have seen many charts with years if you have your serial number. e.g http://www.marineparts.com/partspages/techhelp/TECH15.HTM i am 99% sure my serai lnumber is 9517820 and the cowling cover says mercury 50 oil injected but it seem one the serial number get to starting with 6****** then...
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    New to boating.....we all start somewhere..long post

    Hi All my grand father was a mad fisherman. many years later his two grandsons who also enjoy fishing have landed their first boat. Ok well a wreck but we are hard at work. we have pulled out the floor, replaced the stringers, firbreglassed a new floor in and now its engine time. engines are...
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