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    Take a look at my cylinder head...

    1971 Evinrude 6HP Fisherman. I blew a head gasket minutes after inheriting the engine. This is what I see after removing the head. Notice the difference between each cylinder head. They cylinder that still had compression is rich in carbon deposits, while the cylinder that was effected by...
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    1960's 6HP Evinrude "Fisherman" runs poorly under load

    I inherited an early 60's 6HP Evinrude "Fisherman" model engine. I don't know much about it other than "it ran great 5 years ago." The engine has a choke, and a Rich/Lean knob that goes from 1 -7 (1 being lean, 7 being rich). The external fuel tank had about a quarter inch of gas left at the...
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    86' 28HP Johnson died, need troubleshooting help.

    1986 28HP Johnson I was running the motor in reverse at idle when it just up and quit. I ran the battery down trying to restart it with no luck. It fired twice for maybe a half second. Pulled the carb fuel intake saw that fuel was flowing to the carb fine. Removed carb, blew on the intake...
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