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    Carbs full of straight 2-stroke oil 200hp Ocean Pro

    Hey all, I decided to repower my boat from an 83 crossflow, to a 94 looper (yeah, I'm poor what can I say). The looper is a 1994 200hp ocean pro, E200TXERK. 110 (ish)PSI compression on all 6. When I got it, it wouldn't start at all, the guy told me it had a "carb" problem, so as a...
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    Lower Crank Seal 78' - 175HP

    Hey all, Background: OK so I have a 1978 FrankenMotor... It had previously burned a piston on #6 (bottom left). When I pulled it apart it had some grayish milkish liquid residue in that cylinder, and I didn't think much of it. Put in a new piston and put it all back together, now I am getting...
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    Overheating issue - conglomeration motor.

    Don't know if this is relevant or not, but basically have a 5 in one motor that works to be roughly a 1978 175hp. New rings, bearings, in good block, best 2 heads i had, etc. Put it all together, ran fine on muffs, took it to lake, and its overheating on port (left) side only. This particular...
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    OMC Block-Head-Piston questions 150-175hp

    OK, I have the following: 1978' - 175hp (Evinrude) 1983' - 175hp (Evinrude) 1990' - 150hp (Johnson GT) (Don't have the exact model #'s here with me at work, but can edit them in later if you need them). The 1978'-175HP ran lean and burned 2 pistons. (Block is immaculate, very very clean...
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    1990 Johnson GT150 Overheating

    OK here is my problem... picked this motor up cheap, and turns out wasnt such a good deal... Rebuilt carbs, put new waterpump in, and new t-stats/poppets... Test fired, not one drop comes out tell tale... Pulled cyl head bypass covers packed SOLID with salt, pulled exhaust plate, packed SOLID...
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    Need help Finding a gauge

    Hey all, I am having an extremely hard time finding a particular replacement gauge. I am looking for one of the dual feed temp warning buzzers (dash mount), that lets you hook up two temp sensor feeds from a johnnyrude v-4 or v-6.... I have one in my dash now, but it no longer works, and...
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    Convert 175hp Evinrude to 200hp, plus carb question

    Hey all, Num here again.... (sorry! :) ) OK since I will basically have the entire front of my motor apart, (1978 Evinrude 175hp) I figured it wouldn't be that much extra work to try and get a little more HP out of it... After reading a number of posts regarding upping horsepower on similar...
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    2-wire to 3-wire trim conversion

    Hey all, So I have another question regarding my motor swapout... my old motor (83'), had a "two-wire" trim tilt setup with the relays... my new motor is actually older, (78') and has a 3 wire lead for the trim motor... The link above for the wiring diagrams, does not show the 3-wire system...
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    Motor shifting opposite - Need advice

    Hey all, OK scenario: Blew an 83' 175hp evinrude... swapped it out for a 1978 175hp Evinrude, Kept the 83 controls (78' did not come with controls). Problem: When I shift the controls into forward, the motor shifts into reverse... at first I thought I had bought a counter-rotation engine by...
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    83' Evinrude 175hp Overheating Issue

    Hey all, I have a 1983 Evinrude 175hp V-6 motor... Ran into an overheating issue with it, and am looking for some advice.... It has a strong pee stream, but the stream is COLD.... water coming out at the lower unit is hot. Ran it about 10 mins, and blew it up due to it getting extremely...
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    1978 Aquasport "Xscape" Restore - New Project lots of pics!

    Hey all, Been away a LOOOONG time I know, sorry about that. Family, work, and a slew of other issues have kept me away. Sadly My riviera rebuild (in sig), I never quite finished, (blew the motor 3x for silly reasons, and got fed up). Anyhoo on to the real topic, I just picked up a 1978...
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    Spitting out top carb Suzuki DT115

    Hey all, Still working on this darn motor... 1987 Suzuki DT115... Runs fine for first 20 ish mins (sometimes 30), then starts surging, missing, at idle it will pop and once in a while backfire... If you pull off the silencer box, you can see it puff smoke out of the top carb every once in a...
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    Testing Tach Lead Suzuki DT115

    Hey all, I have a 1986 Suzuki DT115... The boat it is on, has never had a tach... I bought a teleflex Amega tach (0-7k), the same as I have on my other boat, to install... I wired it up, powered it up (it zeros like it should), but I get no reading on the tach. I have verified I am on 6p...
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    Fuel issues 1986 Suzuki DT115

    Hey all, Having a few problems with my motor... First question: 1. Can anyone tell me what the factory setting is for the idle/air mix needle at the top of the carb(s)? (My wonderful seloc manual, just says they are all different, and doesnt even give you a starting point). I have 4 freshly...
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    Thoughts on being underpowered?

    Hey all, So... I sunk my boat last weekend.... Its a 15'6" cheetah speedboat with a 115HP suzuki 2-stroke (way overpowered, and too much weight), hence the sinking... It was recovered and the motor is fine, but I am thinking I need a new (bigger) boat for the engine. I have the opportunity to...
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