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    Brand new motor, very high idle?

    Hey guys, I just took my brand new 15 hp Mercury out on the lake for the first time today and it was freaking awesome! Only ran into two minor issues with operation of the motor. First of all I noticed that without the choke button pulled out the idle is seemingly very high! So high that when...
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    Help with adding oil to brand new Mercury

    Hey guys, I just purchased a new 15 hp Mercury outboard today and am so excited to get out on the lake tomorrow and try it out. First of all I have read through the owners manual, but I cannot find the answer to this question in there: how much oil does it take?? It came with 1 liter of 10w-30...
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    Questions before I buy

    First off I know this is the wrong section to post this in, but no one seems to answer in the Mercury section :( Hey guys, I recently picked up an old (1982ish) flat bottom 14' jon boat (as some of you know from reading my other thread) and am looking at buy a new 15 hp Mercury 15" short shaft...
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    Questions before I buy

    Hey guys, I recently picked up an old (1982ish) flat bottom 14' jon boat and am looking at buy a new 15 hp Mercury 15" short shaft outboard for it. My local gander mountain is selling them on sale for $2199. I was wondering if you all think this is too powerful for this boat or not? Also...
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    Question about shear/drive pins

    Does the Propeller Nut hold the Drive Pin in? I am talking about a '62 Evinrude. As in a drive pin will not stay in on its own, it gets covered and held in by the Propeller Nut? I don't know what was being used as a drive pin before, because it broke off and fell into the water, but it...
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    Help me please! Evinrude motor

    Hello guys, I am new to the boating world and purchased my first jon boat yesterday. I got it used and it came with what the owner told me was a 1989 Evinrude 28hp 2-stroke outboard. I took it out for the first time today and it took a whole lot of pulling to get this thing started. It had...
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