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    Motor falls off boat and onto highway

    Title says it all. Brand new Yamaha 20hp short shaft. not even through the first oil change...and i never did find it. insurance wont cover it. Has this ever happened to anyone?? I cant believe it.. sold nearly everything I owned to buy the thing, and its gone like that. I am in total...
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    Transom Corner Handles?

    I am looking for something to finishing off the corner of the transom on my boat, in the picture it is the corner right where the guy in the orange jacket it holding. Ihave seen ones with handle holes in them, just wondering where i can get them. Thanks!
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    2 stroke vs. 4 stroke for a 9.9 yamaha

    Im in the market for a new 9.9 yamaha outboard. I have looked at both the 2 and 4 stroke. I will be using this motor on a 16' aluminum fishing boat and I will be portaging this motor. I have checked the weights, and the 2 stroke is lighter by 11 pounds which would be nice. but I would like to...
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    New prop on my '62 rude 10HP

    I just got a new aluminum Michigan Match prop for my motor and I have a few questions about proceeding with installation, I removed what was left of the old plastic prop (the hub only) and noticed that the pin that goes through the shaft is slightly bent. I believe this pin would have bent when...
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    Carburator screw coming loose among other things...

    I just got back from a fishing trip in northern MB, had some problems with the motor up there that I need some help with. First of all, throttle linkage screws fell out so I lost all throttle control....That must have been my fault, i must not have tightened them up, I can barely believe that...
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    Spark plug wire...solid or strand?

    I have a '62 Evinrude Sportwin 10 HP. I just replaced the coils, points, condensers, spark plug wires and boots, fuel lines and rebuilt the carb. I have 80 psi in each cylinder After replacing my spark plug wires, I read in a thread you are supposed to use solid copper wires? I replaced mine...
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    How do you remove this??

    I pulled the flywheel on my 62 Evinrude 10hp to replace the coils, condensers, and points. I want to replace the spark plug wires, but I cant figure out how to remove the plate that the coils are on so I can get to the wires. Is this something that has to be pulled off like the flywheel...
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    Wanted Old Evinrude 10HP parts

    I'm looking for one rubber mount that bolts the midsection and steering stem together. EDIT Thanks
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    Just bought a '62 Evinrude Sportwin 10 HP

    I just boat my first boat and motor today, the guy had the motor running when I was there, it sounded pretty rough, but it allegedly has old gas in it. I got it home and I have been searching for information on this particular motor. Just after a check-over of the entire motor I noticed a few...
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