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    9.8hp Mercury outboard - NOOB question about starting.

    Wow, thanks for the quick replies. Serial number 6264448 1983 9.8 Mercury Outboard Pull string start. I do get a spark on both high-tension cables leading to spark plugs. I was spraying starter ether into carb and on other tries, into cylinder via spark plug holes. It would cough, and some...
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    9.8hp Mercury outboard - NOOB question about starting.

    I added new coils to my outboard and hope that is the fix that was needed since they were $75 ea. I checked and get spark for each plug using a spark tester. Checked carb and screen is clean and gaskets are new. It just won't start. It'll cough once in awhile but won't fire up. I'm wondering if...
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