78 mercury 800 missfire?

undertow

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Hi all; i have a 1978 merc 800 #5004951 its on a 78 16ft Silverline that has a missfire @ idle after it warms up.it runs great, Wot 37mph @ 5100 17p 3 blade.i have rebuilt carbs,put in new CDI trigger "do to bad wires",& checked the switch box "GOOD", checked comp and all was good here.I just did a cyl drop test & cyl 1,2 there was not much chg in rpm 3 & 4 it barly ran.Anyone have any ideas
 
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