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The crank shaft key did not shear, and I forgot to mention that I did get it to run for a second or so a bit later, but had more issues with throttling. the fuel system and coils are fine to my knowledge, and it still seems to have compression, so I do not think it is the oil seals, but I will check that in a few days. I will try new spark plugs and fiddle around with the carb a bit and see if that changes anything. There could be something to be said about the timing, but I do not suspect that the impeller has a vane flipped backwards because the fellow I bought the motor fro seemed to know a LOT more about mercs than I do, which is nothing apart from my limited knowledge of this particular motor. The spark plugs were kinda inconsistent before this, so I still think that is still the issue, but I’ll see how it goes. Thanks for the input.
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