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    linkage is not linking

    I can't get my throttle linkage in sync. It seems that the spark advance does not return to the slow/idle/start position when I pull the throttle back to neutral when I crank the engine the engines "revs" wide open so I have to kill the engine. I have tried adjusting the throttle cable and the...
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    tilt want tilt and trim want trim

    70 hp 3 cylinder evenrude worked when I took it out for the first time this year went up fine would not come down. let it down with the pressure relief screw, now will no go up or down I refilled fluid and tried to bleed out the air any thoughts the two trim cylinders will move if no weight...
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    evinrude starving

    My 1984 70 hp evinrude out board stopped today just as if it ran out of gas . the inline fuel filter was empty when i squezzed the bulb it compressed but did not reinflate remained flat....no fuel was visible in fuel filter. What can cause the bulb on the fuel line to remain squeezed...
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    All Plugged Up

    Hi Guys, It has been a while since I posted but i have a delima.. I installed a new (used) whiring harnes on my 1966 40 hp elce shift evinrude outboard. It has the old rectangular plug and a silver box with the solenoid and a voltage regulator in it.. The problem is that it all hooked up...
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    tachy tach

    Hi Guys, I have 1984 evinrude 70 hp last night i installed a tach and a new bilge pump... the bilge pumps works but i have not tested the tach yet. it was kind of late at night, neighbors arn't boaters and would not understand, any way when i turn on the bilge pump... the tach needle swings...
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    Still Triming The Trim

    I Have A 70 Hp Evinrude With Power/tilt And Trim Installing A Gtrim Guage Where Is The Best Place To Access The Wires From The Sending Unit . Are They In The Harness With The Wires That Go To The Tilt And Trim Switch There Are 5 Wires Three Go To The Swithch And 2 Are Unattacd One Is Black And...
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    Trim Guage

    I Am Installing A Trim Guage On My 1984 70 Hp Evinrude And I Want To Know If The Main Wiring Harnes Carries A Wire From The Trim Sending Unit To The Control Box And If So What Color Is The Wire. Is The Wiring There Even If No Guage Is Present?
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    where oh where to put the sending unit

    Hi Guys, Again, ya'll are a true wealth of knowledge..gentlemen and scollars , all I have a 1984 70 hp evinrude that I want to replace the buzzer alram with a guage with an alarm. Question, can i place the new sending unit in the same hole that the sending unit for the buzzer is in now...
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    wiring for dummies

    Can someone explaine the tachometer types 3 4 6 10 12 20 pole ????????????? can you hook a tach to outbord with out a generator? what does the pole represent.... what type would a 1984 70 hp 3 cyl evenrude outboard use and where does it wire to on the powerhead....
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    water pump

    when replacing the water pump on a 1971 evinrude outborad does the impeller and cover go on from the top of the drive shafter or do you pull the drive shaft out of the gear case and put in on from the bottom.......
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    where's waldo (thermostat)

    i have a 1971 evinrude 40 hp 2 cylinder i have looked all through the mannual for the location of the thermostat..........i can't find where it is or if it even has one ..........help,,,,, any ideas thanks
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    magneto help again

    ok per FR i have done the test with an ohm meter magento plate to con. insulated side of points at the cond con. = o.oo ohms with pts closed and 1.0 k ohm with points open from magento plate to the spark plug boot is 10 k ohm on each spark plug wire. i am bypassing the switch to see if that...
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    sparkey want spark help

    I Have Been Working One The Magneto System Of 1971 40 Hp Evinrude 2 Cylinder Outboard Can Some One Tell What I Did Wrong The Spark Plug Wires Do Not Shock You Or Spark At All But!! If You Touch Both Plug Wires At The Same Time It Will Shock You.....not Real Hard But Does Shock I Have Replace...
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    One Of Two Sparks

    I Have A 1971 2 Cylinder Evinrude 40 Hp..... Was In Terrible Shape When I Bought It.......but Good Compression 120 Lbs Dry And Cold No Spark The Prev. Owner Said His Father Tried To Put In A New Ignition Switch And Burned Up A Majority Of The Wires To Motor And In Magneto Too.....anyway... I...
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    tell me it ain't so

    i have a 1984 70 hp evinrude with power tilt/trim it is leaking (rather badly) from the emergency release screw on the side of the unit.....it looks as if there is a snap ring holding an oring and the screw with the valve on it there..... do you have to remove the motor to remove the power t/t...
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