my 1973 Mercury 850 has me about baffled. Been working on issue a while now it basically has no power above idle. It always dies when shifted into gear. After I quickly throttle up to keep it running it will idle ok but when I throttle up it bogs real bad and sometimes dies. After many...
Just bought an older bass boat with 1973 Mercury 850. Starts good but after a run (15-20 min) and waiting a bit while fishing or whatever it won’t restart. After finally taking it to a mechanic he had diagnosed it as a bad switch box. He said his supplier doesn’t carry these and told me I would...