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    should i buy this yamaha 150...helllp please

    Hey all,got a shot at a 1987 yamaha 150 Hp...good shape compression 110 on all 6 cyls,shifts good, needs Carbs cleaned...guy needs money for child support....said he ran it a couple months ago and it ran good....I offered him a grand and he accepted. I am thinking a tune up and a cleaning and...
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    should i buy. ? grumman center console

    Hey all so I have a shot at buying a really nice condition 16 ft grumman center console with a really nice shape 80 hp mariner on it....the boat was used last about 3 years ago, the owner passed away and now his son is selling it....he knows nothing abouy it but the family wants it gone...he...
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    thinking of buying an 80 hp mariner circa. 1993...hasnt been run in 3 years...

    Anyone have an idea of reliability on this motor...I ony run evinrudes and am unformilliar with mariners...
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    how tight does the prop nut need to be

    I took my ss prop of and put on my alluminum fo,r testing purposes ,I needed to change to a prop hardware kit cause my ss prop nut was to long and the cotter pin hole was to far away from the hole in the shaft...so when I put the new prop on, the nutbottums out against the prop but the cotter...
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    tell tale reroute conspiracy..

    Hey all...so i posted the thread recently that i re routed my tell tale stream from the lower water jacket maifold to the top of the #1cylnder ..and i am very pleased with how my 1987 70 hp evinrude . Is running....now here is my conspiracy theory...when i ask mechanics at different...
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    70 hp evinrude tell tale re route...wow

    Hey guys so I did the tell tale retro..drilling into the water jacket high up over no.1 cyl....my tell tale stream is so hard it actually hurts to keep your hand in front of it.....has anyone done this retro and has seen a dramatic rise in stream pressure..and should I be alarmed...I do know for...
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