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Short and sweet:
1995 Force by Mercury 40hp. Squeeze the bulb and it fires up immediately. Power up and it accelerates without hesitation 5-10 seconds...then shuts down like it's run out of gas. Squeeze the bulb and it fires right up...accelerates...quits........etc., etc., etc.
Here's what...
Somebody help me!! To save time, I'll admit up front I'm a moron. I was given a '72 Mercury 20hp that ran fine by pull start (battery was dead for years). I bought a new battery and installed. I didn't think to check out the switch which turned out to be bad...sent 12v into the ignition...
