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    Hard starting 1150 - now starts great

    I posted last year about a 1975 mercury 1150 I had aquired and had troubles getting it to start. The only way I could get it to start was to squirt gas in the carbs. Even then, when starting, the motor would start to fire but the bendix would kick out. I searched the forum and read many great...
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    merc 115 carbs - leaky brass plugs

    On each carb, there are three brass plugs. They were covered by a rust-brown colored sealer. When I rebuilt the carbs of course I had to remove that brown stuff and now I am getting fuel leakage from those plugs. There are no gaskets or o-rings to seal the plugs. Any suggestions on what to...
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    hard starting merc outboard

    Am new to the board and hope that someone can help. I recently aquired a boat with a Merc 115 outboard (1975) inline 6 motor. It will not start when cold unless I squirt gas in the carbs. Then it runs fine, idles fine, no hesitation. After running the motor then turning it off, if it sits for...
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