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    Johnson evinrude 50hp 2 cylinder Compression? Early 80s

    On the way back in from a north sea fishing trip the engine sounded rough under load. It seemed under powered but not enough to worry me. So tonight i did a compression test. The results below. top cylinder bottom cylinder The top chamber did not look like it was firing, no soot on the...
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    Yam 30hp 3cyl autolube - Starting on a test frame

    I have built a engine stand and want to run the engine in a barrel in the garage. The engine is electric start 3 cylinder autolube, it has a plug on a wiring harness. Is it a case of connecting the battery leads, to the battery then adding +voltage to the + side of the starter motor for a few...
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    1980 Evin 60hp drive shaft oil seal HELP HELP PLEASE

    Hello chaps, My engine is a 60hp 2cly 1980. I'm attempting a lower unit rebuild and have hit a wall. The housing for the drive shaft bearing oil seal was worn. letting some water into the gear box. My question is does this housing come apart so I can fit the oil seal? Do i need a...
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    Have I got a small or large housing? E60ELCSR.

    I need to buy a lower unit seal kit, I emailed a reputable company who replied the following "Hi, With the info you provided it could be one of two, If you have a large housing it is GLM87601 ?36.00 + vat, or if you have a small housing it is GLM87603, ?39.16 + vat gearcase seal kits, (oil...
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    1980 Evinrde 60hp gear box bad oil / seals?

    Hi, chaps, need some good advice. I dropped the oil from my 1980 evinrude 60hp 2cyl The result is a tub of white oil. I changed the oil ran in a barrel, same result see the pictures. So i removed the propella and the rubber was squashed up in one side. see pic below I removed the...
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    Evinrude 1980 60hp misfire

    Here goes, I have good compression both cylinders and a very strong blue spark. Starts really well idles , but has a backfire sort of loud pop from the exaust. So I tried putting the timing strobe on the leads and the coils are delivering as they should. Now I removed the plugs and the top...
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    Is my compression good. 1980 2cyl 60hp

    Hi, Ive never done a compression test in my life, so here are the pictures of the results. Are they good or bad? cylinder 1 cylinder 2 I had a spark plug tester on and they are lighting up. I've had the carbs off and cleaned the jets. Next step is to put some fuel in and try starting...
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    Evinrude E60ELCSR 1980 2CYL Help setting up!

    I bought a boat, spent ages doing it up, bought a engine and now I'm stuck. The engine has OMC single lever controller. The engine starts with the warm up lever raised fully. I then start to push the lever down and after half way the engine dies. Just fades out. The engine will sit for ever...
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