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    Charging output

    1979 evinrude 55 hp engine. I was wonderng when I'm run aver 3000 rpms and especially when I'm running 3/4 throttle on up it show charging volts @ 15-16 is this supposed to be this high?? Thanks IN advance andy
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    tach settin

    1979 evinrude 55975 55 hp evinrude. Just wonder ing got a tach the other day it has 4 cyl, 6 cyl, 8 cyl, and 12 pole alternator. For this engine which is it?
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    Touble with planing out...

    I've got my engine running great. This is a 1981 hydrosport 15 ft bass boat with a 1978 evinrude engine 55 hp engine. When I'm in the boat by myself I can getty up and go, however when add antoher person I have to get them to move forwards until we get moving so the nose will get down, or try...
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    Hooking up rectifier

    1979 55HP Evinrude 55975 I've gotten a new rectifier, a mallory, actually from here. It has 3 yellows and the red. The old had the wires color coded how do I know which wires go to which place in comparison to the old one?
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    What now!!!

    1979 55 HP Evinrude, 55975... Well I'd gotten the newly rebuilt. powerhead and got it on and had used it for awhile. I could never get the idle right on and had taken it too my local omc becuase he was going to do it for 45 bucks. Well he's like buddy its going to be a little hard to do with the...
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    Torque Specs

    1979 55 HP 55975 Evinrude. I need to know if 12 lbs ofr torque is right for attaching the powerhead to the exhaust hosuging adapter plate.
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    Now the motor hesitates

    1979 evinrude 55 HP Well gotten everything Back together again. However now the engine hesitates from idle to wot. I've went through the linc and sync and now ideas now. Carbs are clean (replaced the top carb all together with a factory one).. check.. replaced all the gas lines...check... link...
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    Heli Coiling a head

    1979 Evinrude 55HP. Was cranking down the head when all of sudden nothing happened and it got loose on me. Of course my heart dropped and I was like craptwhat have I done. I unscrew the bolt and out comes the threads. I was like crapt. From reading everything it appears the elicoil is the best...
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    Can you reuse new head gasket

    Just wondering. Pulled the head to check the cylinders bcasue of the problems with the cooling. Was looking like allot of carbon on the piston heads is there a good way to just go ahead an clean them? Also the head gasket it a new head gasket and the engine only has been run 4-5 times since the...
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    What happened to gasket?

    Well all my 1979 55hp evinrude thats been rebuilt started squirting water out from between the exhaust adapter plate and the powerhead. I had to troll about 2 miles home becuase I didn't want ot run the engine any longer. Got her to the house checked compression first and one piston was 140 and...
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    Temporary Temperature reading

    I've read about sticks you can put on your motor and make sure that it is not over heating. I was wondering if someone can guide me as to where to get them @.
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    Best prop

    I have a 11 1/2 by 17 alum prop and a 10 1/2 X14 prop. Which one will give me the best performance and which one should I put on there? I think the alum is the orig and I'm geting 4500 rpms right now, don't know much about the ss because I'm now looking at the prop selection.
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    Jet messed up

    Well was redoing my carb rebuilld according to tashas responses to others, and it appears someone beat me to it. I had gotten all jets out and cleaned them and put them back in so I wouldn't get them messed up with the others. The tool I built is like the one they say to build. I got undo the...
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    Carb adjustments

    I was wondering on my 1979 Evinrude 55 hp 55975C engine what carb adjustments do I have? I'm having trouble getting it to idle good and have walked through the rebuild and gotten the kits and replaced everything that came with it. Still runs rough and am at a lost. I notive that when looking at...
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    Hot Horn

    Guys went out to the water and ran my rebuilt engine. Worked great, however I had a problem with hot horn. I realize its got a job to do and all, however on mine as soon as I started it it went off and stayed on. Well after a 5-6 minutes it stopeed. MY engine wasn't hot to touch and actually...
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