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boat was getting on plane(1993 merc 502)and engine made a small backfire/cough,then a minute later the tach went bad(bezel glass filled up with smoke)went back to dock to check things out,opened up dash panel and did find a wire came off one of the other guages.went to start back up and one off the batteries was 100% dead(was the weaker of the 2 batteries).weird that all went bad at same time?
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No coincidence. Sounds like either a hot lead or a ground came loose and shorted out. That would cause the ignition to go crazy and make the engine sputter. That would also cause the battery to go dead.
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boat was getting on plane(1993 merc 502)and engine made a small backfire/cough,then a minute later the tach went bad(bezel glass filled up with smoke)went back to dock to check things out,opened up dash panel and did find a wire came off one of the other guages.went to start back up and one off the batteries was 100% dead(was the weaker of the 2 batteries).weird that all went bad at same time?
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boat was getting on plane(1993 merc 502)and engine made a small backfire/cough,then a minute later the tach went bad(bezel glass filled up with smoke)went back to dock to check things out,opened up dash panel and did find a wire came off one of the other guages.went to start back up and one off the batteries was 100% dead(was the weaker of the 2 batteries).weird that all went bad at same time?
thank you for the replys