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I picked up these for $30. The craftsman has been stored without the spark plug for quite some time and I seized. Maybe some PB blaster will free it up. The mercury motor has compression but it has a broken place. It shouldn't hurt anything but if it does maybe I can have my dad weld it. It's a 3.9hp.
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Weather, you mean mud.

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The saw has been sitting on the ground at a scrap yard and the boat motor was leaning against his shop at the scrap yard. He laid them out thinking I would want them.


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I picked up these for $30. The craftsman has been stored without the spark plug for quite some time and I seized. Maybe some PB blaster will free it up. The mercury motor has compression but it has a broken place. It shouldn't hurt anything but if it does maybe I can have my dad weld it. It's a 3.9hp.
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Good luck on the Merc. That series seems to have a lot of electrical issues with the wiring falling apart. Usually the high frequency coil above the spark plugs is shot.
 
Ok just got the Mac 250 running! Props to Buckin' for the priming the saw tip. Dribbled fuel in a couple of times and it eventually started to pull by itself. The one time I didn't get the GoPro out, it started lol! Will have a video up probably this weekend. Now to order some parts so I can cut wood!
 
Thanks, I'm hoping for a good coil.


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Mine was really funny though. It had some spark, but wouldn't run well, or at all when it got warm. So i got some new points, condenser, ect. but it still wouldn't run. Changed out the coil and bam! Great big blue spark and fired up right away. I was never able to figure out a way to test it to see if it was faulty other than switching it out. Autopsy showed that there were some cracks in the plastic part of the coil underneath the ferrite cores.
 

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