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    1971 6hp Johnson tuneup

    Been a LONG time since I came here because after I repaired a few motors they served perfectly for years. Must have gotten good advise. Finally due for a tuneup, bought sparkplugs for the motor and flipping through the manual it says to loosen two screws under the armature plate and adjust...
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    18hp coughing

    73 18hp ongoing problem, have replaced points, condensor, one at cylinder coil, found lower main seal to be bad and replaced carbonseal, inner o-ring and the spring/washer/clip, rebuilt carb, replaced cracked vacuum line from top cylinder to intake, fresh plugs, top seal, maybe more.<br />It...
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    Vacuum line replacement

    Motor is a 73 18hp, now please bear with me on this description, I am fairly new to boat motors so I will likely not call things by the right names. There is a tiny nipple(1/16th inch) behind the top cylinder above the fuel pump looks like it goes into the crankcase the hose then runs up to...
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    18hp lower crank seal

    Last fall the motor was coughing and the like ignition and carb rebuild did little to help(good things to do anyway). Well I now found the problem and the lower crank seal is shot as in the spring is flopping around loose up in there. It is a '73 if that matters. I kind of looked through the...
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    6hp prop options

    I did some looking around and thought the composite props were very interesting but can't find them for this motor a '71 6hp Johnson. Right now it has a 2 blade 8 by 7.25 aluminum, at this point I am really just looking for some choices, the current prop has a few dings and if I decide to...
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    Lower unit oil?

    This is a 6hp '71 Evinrude, what are your recommendations? Should I just go to WalMart and get whatever lube they carry or can you recommend something else? I would not object to spending a little more to get a better product if there is one in particular.<br /><br />My tuneup parts and a...
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    6hp questions

    Hi I am new here and a bit clueless as of yet but I promise I will catch on.<br /><br />I have a few motors on need of repair, they were used as rentals and are quite beat and having compression issues. We will start with my first project a 6hp Evinrude model 6RL-71E serial J3392118 I believe...
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