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    1962 18hp Evinrude shift handle and speed stop adjust

    The shift rod that stops the rev limiter under the armature plate is not pulling out to get to full throttle. If I pull the handle harder after it is shifted into forward the rod gets open and out to get just past and does not hit the brass limiter stop under the armature plate. Can anyone give...
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    QD20 10hp powerhead rebuild

    hey guys-project went to sleep a couple months due to work. but i have the above and all parts and i am currently putting back together. have factory manual and parts manual. question is regards to o-ring seals that go over crankshaft journal bearings.<br />lower journal bearing has an o-ring...
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    me.....again. waterpump seals and bearing housing

    carb finished last night, thanks for the help. on to the water pump. QD20 10hp. got new grommet, o rings, impeller, gasket, and SEAL (2)-seal is the same part number as the one which will be going on the propshaft.<br />water pump assembly has a bearing housing with a gasket underneath and a...
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    QD 10HP carb rebuild-needle packing, etc

    todays winter project on motor rebuild is the carb. got it apart and soaking. a couple of questions. i am using an omc/bombardier kit 439071.<br />1. welch plug over slow speed jets. two plugs came in the kit but the only one i can find is over where slow speed jets would be. second an extra...
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    Parts sources

    Just a little experience that I had getting some parts that are on the way. I emailed three popular sources often mentioned on this site, also called one of the three.<br /><br />Responses-NONE. when i called one of them and mentioned a powerhead gasket first, i was told by the woman who...
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    Chemdip safe for block

    is it safe to dip my block in Berrymans chemdip? will then be washed, oiled, honed, washed and scrubbed, reassembled then painted. i know it is aluminum. very heavy carbon on exhaust side-would like it clean and all crud out.
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    powerhead rebuild and repainting QD 20 10hp

    thanks to all so far-hoping I'm not getting to be a PITA. My neighbor is a machinist and we checked cylinder measurements, upper and lower, top and bottom of each, 12:00 to 6:00 and 3:00 to 9:00-eight total measurements. manual states bore is 2.375". all measurements were within spec (2.3755")...
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    QD 20 part numbers. Help. Joe? Hooty? Chine? JB? anyone?

    you guys seem to be some of the omc guru's. chine, i believe you have several posts about a QD 19-appears that you may have rebuilt one. Anyway, from my prior posts, this is the motor that sunk. finally got my factory manual, parts catalog, etc. Broke the powerhead down. Innerds do not look too...
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    1959 QD20 10hp-can I revive it?

    Will leave the unnecessary details out as to how this came to be-youth and of course beer were involved. But once upon a time there were two 1959 10hp johnsons. both ran well. one day about 12 years ago, one of them sunk in the water while running at idle. it was never worked on or even...
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    decarbing for dummies qd20 10hp

    motor runs good. had it for 15+ years. want to decarb it. have not found a good cheap factory manual yet-keep lookin on ebay. i know i need one. can change plugs and lower lube. thats about it. but i've never decarbed the motor fully. i am handy with cars. shot stuff down spark plug holes last...
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