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    Mercruiser 4.3 LH won't fire

    Had an incident with the boat today. Put the boat in the water without the plug. We caught it before the water got very high. The water got just to the bottom of the engine and might have touched the bottom of the starter. The boat died. We were able to install the plug and pump the water out...
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    E28ESLCCR Carb Clean & Rebuild

    I am having trouble with my 1988 28hp Evinrude which led me to cleaning and rebuilding the carburetor. The rebuild kit comes with a couple of metal disks which after doing a little research appear to be soft plugs. I initially did not remove the old plugs to install the new because I wasn't...
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    Evinrude Carburator Crack

    I removed my carburator to clean and rebuild, and I found a crack in the brass tube that runs thru the center of the carburator. I figure this can't be good. I was going to pick up a rebuild kit tomorrow, but I doubt that this is a part of it. It looks like the tube is pressed and possibly glued...
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    How do you remove Evirude Starter?

    Hello, I'm new to this forum. I have a 1988 Evinrude 28hp E28ESLCCR outboard. I need to remove the carburator to clean and rebuild it. It looks like the starter has to come out first. I don't see an obvious way to remove the starter. It looks like there may be a bracket that holds it, but it...
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