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    Motor Stalling

    I have a 1990 Suzuki DT85 and this has been a long standing issue in the two years that I have owned the boat. It takes at least a dozen times to start and idle when cold starting. When it does start, it then idles for about 20-30 seconds, then dies. It runs fine when the boat is moving, but...
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    Suzuki DT85 No start and no tilt/trim

    I have a 1990 Suzuki DT85. I fired it up in the driveway last evening to fog the carbs and it started up as it usually does and the tilt/trim was working fine. This morning, I launched at the boat ramp and here's what happened: Lowered trim into water Turned key, engine cranked a couple of...
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    Fuel mix issues?

    I have a 1990 Suzuki DT85 and it runs fine at WOT, but tends to stall at idle, especially when shifting into gear. I pulled the spark plugs (which are a couple of years old at least) and noticed that they are wet with a bit of black oil on them. There wasn't any unusual wear or discoloration...
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    How can the linkage fix itself?

    I posted recently about having a problem with my shift linkage after changing out my lower unit. With the motor off, I could get forward and neutral only, but the shifter wouldn't budge into reverse. With the motor running, I could get reverse. Then when I shut the motor off...no reverse...
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    Won't shift into reverse

    I have a 1990 Suzuki DT85. I just replaced the lower unit and after I got the new one hooked up, I noticed that it now won't shift into reverse. It shifts into forward just fine. It was shifting fine before I replaced the lower unit and I didn't change anything else. What's weird is that I...
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    Lower Unit Changeout

    I have a 1990 Suzuki DT85 and I need to remove the lower unit and put on a replacement lower unit. I've never done this. My understanding so far is that there are a few bolts to remove in the lower unit and one shift linkage pin located on the power head. Can somebody kinda lay out how I'm...
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    Throttle Links

    I have a 1990 Suzuki DT85 2 stroke outboard. The shifter isn't real smooth and sometimes when the boat is crusing at 3/4 or so throttle, the motor all of a sudden revs a little higher and the boat slows down, almost to a dead stop. Some have suggested that I have a linkage problem. Others...
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    I have a dumb question

    I am a first time boat owner and I am learning as I go, so I thought I would ask a dumb question. I have a 1990 Suzuki DT85 (85 hp) 2-stroke outboard. Does this motor have an alternator that charges my cranking battery when the motor is running? If someone response with a yes, I will follow...
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    Beginning Boat Restoration

    I have just started on the resoration of my 16-foot lund trifoil fiberglass boat. I started by digging all of the household caulk out of the hull penetrations and now I am ready to start filling in some small holes and seal the front of the keel, which has worn and the glass is showing. What...
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    Decal Removal

    How do I remove the old decals from my fiberglass boat. I'll eventually replace them with custom decals, but I need to take them off to paint.
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    Suzuki 2-stroke Problem

    I have a 1990 Suzuki DT 2-stroke (85 hp). Today when I took it out on the water, I would have the throttle set at maybe 3/4 full and all of a sudden, I would hear the motor rev and the boat would slow down. It was like all of a sudden, the gears weren't catching to spin the prop. I moved the...
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    Need Some Ideas for Painting

    This is my first post on this forum. I just bought my first boat, a '75 Lund trifoil, 16-feet long. The hull is in good shape, but it's real ugly, burnt orange on the bottom and white on top and on the interior. The paint is faded and scratched and previous owners have put in and taken out...
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