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    How to use 2008 Mercury Side Mount Control Box

    I have always had a tiller with my Mercury 40hp, and just bought a pontoon with 2008 Mecury Side Mount, connected to 2002 50hp Mercury ELPTO. I see it has a small hi throttle lever, and push to choke key (the push key I had on my tiller). How do I operate the control to start the motor? Put...
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    Motor straining, alarm went off first time pulling a tube with 40 hp

    Re: Motor straining, alarm went off first time pulling a tube with 40 hp The tube is a Sportstuff Bat Xray Model 53-1510 (tried to add picture), a 1 person tube with wings on the side. I haven't had any issues with the alarm except this one time pulling the tube, and the boat performed fine...
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    Motor straining, alarm went off first time pulling a tube with 40 hp

    I just bought a tube (winged) which attached from underneath, not the front (can do 360 turns on it, etc.). First time towing a tube with my 40hp Mercury on 16.5 ft Alumacraft Lunker Fishing Boat. Worked ok at 5-10mph, but if I tried to accelerate, there was tremendous drag, boat really didn't...
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