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    1950's Fleetwin Fisherman Challenge!

    Did you check or replace the carbon seal on the driveshaft? If that's leaking it won't pull a fuel charge into the bottom cylinder.
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    Help Identifying This Evinrude?

    1995 8 HP Evinrude
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    '85 18XD lower unit

    I picked up a really clean 1985 18XD with a bad lower unit. The housing is cracked (froze) and gears are rusted solid, so no chance of repairing this one. I know the 20 and 25 use the same lower, but what years will interchange?
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    40hp Lark II gear oil question.

    How do I go about checking/draining the LU oil on this beast? It doesn't seem to have a fill plug screw like every other OMC motor I have had. Vent screw is there, but nothing down on the bottom.
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    64 35hp Ignition issues

    I am trying to resurrect a 1964 model 350 (2 cylinder magneto ignition) that has been sitting for 20+ years. Did the usual carb clean, fuel pump rebuild, and impeller. Cranking it over I found I had no spark, so I pulled the flywheel and cleaned the points. The condensers check OK on my DMM...
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