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    point gap on 55hp chrysler

    according to the seloc manual my point gap to the no 2 cylinder will be different from the point gap of the no 1 cylinder. i have set it according to the book and the no 2 cylinder point gap is a little wider. from what everyone tells me is that both point gap settings are .020. why is the...
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    need magneto coil

    Motor is a 1972 55hp flywheel magneto engine 2 cylinder. After recent posts and much checking of the ignition system i am convinced that the 2nd cylinder coil is bad. It also broke off the spark plug wire hehe. So the coil is done, and I am in need of another one. My question is where are...
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    55hp wont run but a few seconds

    I'll go through everything that I know has happened with the motor. The motor is a 1973 55hp single carb magneto engine model #555hf. The motor ran real good last year no problems at all other than the flywheel key being broken. Replaced it. This year I decided to decarb the motor as it had...
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    55hp 1973 stator plate

    Well I got this motor some time ago and it ran great last year. This year we had problems with a coil firing and now we cant get the motor to start up and idle. I personally think the stator plate has moved and thing that timing and everything is off. The reason I beleive this to be true is...
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    1973 55hp chrysler timing and carb

    Hi. I was wondering if anyone knew how to set the idle timing screw and carb adjustments on this motor?
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    1973 55hp engine temp alarm

    Hi. I just have a quick question. I tried to wire up so that the temp alarm will work on my ignition, but when I hook the two wires coming from the alarm, one goes to orange, and I thought the other went to blue, but when I do that it stays on whenever the key is on. Should I hook it to the...
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    1973 55hp impeller question

    Hi. I wanted to do an impeller change because I just got the motor and dont know when it was last serviced. Also there is like a pee hole near the top of the back of the motor. Actually I am not sure if it is a pee hole but I do thing water has came out of it a few times. Should there be a...
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