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    About peeing and also motor heat

    Yes, the hole where the plastic plug is missing is in that location. So, ok, it is access to one of the bolts you remove to change the water pump. If I don't replace the plug, I guess that means the bolt would rust!
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    About peeing and also motor heat

    Also, there is a missing plastic plug atop the foot or drive housing, whatever you call it... it's just an open round hole... will that hurt anything? Water is going in there. Is that bathing the gears in water since the plug is gone?! And, let me ask, since a good strong pee is happening, does...
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    About peeing and also motor heat

    I assume that I have a Mercury motor, it looks identical to a Merc under the hood. I have a '97 Tracker, a 17ft bassboat with 40hp Tracker motor. Boat sat up for maybe two years. Trying to crank it, it ran rough and would die. I have owned it several years only. It's been very hard to start at...
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    Help! Continuous Buzzing Noise

    I recently bought a 1997 Bass Tracker Pro Team 17 with Tracker (Mercury) 40hp motor. It supposedly has "low mileage" on it and appears to be in terrific condition with, indeed, low mileage based on looking at the prop and overall condition. This boat ran flawlessly for five half day trips but...
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    Nissan 5hp is slipping at higher speed

    I bought a used Nissan 5hp outboard. When I increase the throttle past about half speed, I can hear the motor revving higher but the boat doesn't go faster, or if it does, not much. It's like it is 'slipping.' Forty years ago, I owned a Mercury 9.9 and it had some kind of rubber clutch gizmo...
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