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    Mercury Outboard Repair

    Hi, I'm in need of some repair on my Mercury 80 horse outboard. I live in the Grand Haven Michigan area, and would travel to Grand Rapids area if need be for a good, knowledgable, trustworthy mechanic. I'm hoping someone may be able to give me some names of people they have had good luck with.
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    Fuel leak

    Hi, I'm having some problems with my Mercury 80 horsepower. First question is, what's a fair cost/estimate for replacing a gear set in my motor, and secondly, I noticed where there is fuel leaking from the bottom of the top intake/carb.....I'm not motor savvy, so I really need some help...
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    Gear issue?

    Hi, 80 HP Mercury has very little reverse, I rev it up in reverse, and moves slowly. If I rev the engine up while in neutral, the boat moves forward a little bit. If I try to throw it into forward, it stalls. It seems like something "gear wise" is out whack. The engine has been performing...
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    Motor Stalling

    This has happened one too many times. I have two 6 gallon portable fuel tanks on the back of my pontoon boat. Whenever I switch over from an empty fuel tank to a full one, sometimes the boat will stall and shutdown. Nothing I do can get it going again like using starting fluid and so on...
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    Older Evinrude idles rough, flooding engine

    Hi, I just purchased a small boat with a 9.5 horse Evinrude motor. Runs decent full out, but chugs a little bit then quits when in idle mode. I have had some issues where I go to start it after sitting for a few minutes, and it won't start. I sometimes have to pull the choke again to get it...
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