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<blockquote data-quote="SupressYourself" data-source="post: 31383" data-attributes="member: 340">I had an '83 50 horse Merc.&nbsp; I had so much carb trouble that I now run an EFI and will never buy another carbureted motor.&nbsp; I had those two carbs off so many times that I could do it blindfolded.&nbsp; Anyway... like others said, if it runs fine at home, I doubt the carbs are &quot;bad&quot;.&nbsp; They may be a little dirty, which may be contributing to your problem, but may not be the main problem.&nbsp; Sometimes when the motor is trimmed up, the needle sticks in the seat and you can't get any gas out of the bowl and into the intake.When you have it sitting flat in the lake with the motor trimmed all the way down, squeeze the bulb till it's hard and then give it a good &quot;gorilla stomp&quot; to make sure the needles are pushed out of the seats.&nbsp; Squirt some starting fluid in each carb for good measure, and then let er rip.&nbsp; If that doesn't work, we will need a more detailed description of EXACTLY what it does when it's on the lake (aside from not start).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SupressYourself, post: 31383, member: 340"] I had an '83 50 horse Merc. I had so much carb trouble that I now run an EFI and will never buy another carbureted motor. I had those two carbs off so many times that I could do it blindfolded. Anyway... like others said, if it runs fine at home, I doubt the carbs are "bad". They may be a little dirty, which may be contributing to your problem, but may not be the main problem. Sometimes when the motor is trimmed up, the needle sticks in the seat and you can't get any gas out of the bowl and into the intake. When you have it sitting flat in the lake with the motor trimmed all the way down, squeeze the bulb till it's hard and then give it a good "gorilla stomp" to make sure the needles are pushed out of the seats. Squirt some starting fluid in each carb for good measure, and then let er rip. If that doesn't work, we will need a more detailed description of EXACTLY what it does when it's on the lake (aside from not start). [/QUOTE]

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