So i bought a sailboat with a 7.5 HP Merc that died, and I have a 4.5 Merc (serial # 4419574) from an older sailboat I am going to have to press back into service. I set up a trashcan today to test-run it, and it started up (after 2 years) on the 2nd try. Went into gear fine as well. It did...
