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Old 12-04-2019, 09:53 AM
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My Dad's 59 Mercury started in 2nd like that. The control box had no sophistication in modulating the down-shift to 1st (which it would do if you floored it), and it felt like it was going to destroy itself with the rough jerk that occurred.
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