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I have just received a 1996 50hp two-stroke Mercury Force outboard for free. The guy that gave it to me was replacing the head gasket and ended up stripping out the threads on the very bottom right Bolt. Which easy enough I can tap it install a helicoil if I have enough room. But of course the...