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While fishing over the weekend I did alot of trolling. I have a 1990 merc. 40 horse, 2 stroke, 4 cyl.
i could not keep the motor in idle or lower RPM and in gear. the best i could do was around 2.5-3 mph (per fish finder). I dont have a tach. so I dont know the RPM.
any time I tried to lightly...
New to this site as well as a new boat owner.
Just recently bought a 87 sea nymph 175 gls.
It has a 1990 Mercury 40 horse 2 stroke 4 cylinder on the back.
Wanted to take out tomorrow so I went cleaned her up a bit.
Took off the motor cover, started her up and shed fired up right away.
alot of...
