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<blockquote data-quote="turbotodd" data-source="post: 478886" data-attributes="member: 7376"><p>very common</p><p></p><p>i did a lot of them when i worked at mercury/mariner dealer</p><p></p><p>their electrical componentry is subpar</p><p></p><p>i even had a 90hp 1987 i think, same issues, same symptoms, same "fix".....replace the switchbox, stator, all 3 coils, and eventually the wiring harness and it ran fine until the fuel pump started to die then it leaked fuel into the crankcase while engine was off, made it nearly impossible to start it after running it. of course usually i was a few miles from civilization by then. got rid of that whole boat with the motor after fixing the fuel pump then the 'new' owner said the pt&t died. glad it became someone else's money pit</p><p></p><p>never known a mercury that didn't need something</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="turbotodd, post: 478886, member: 7376"] very common i did a lot of them when i worked at mercury/mariner dealer their electrical componentry is subpar i even had a 90hp 1987 i think, same issues, same symptoms, same "fix".....replace the switchbox, stator, all 3 coils, and eventually the wiring harness and it ran fine until the fuel pump started to die then it leaked fuel into the crankcase while engine was off, made it nearly impossible to start it after running it. of course usually i was a few miles from civilization by then. got rid of that whole boat with the motor after fixing the fuel pump then the 'new' owner said the pt&t died. glad it became someone else's money pit never known a mercury that didn't need something [/QUOTE]
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