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    18304a 1973 18 hp evinrude gear question

    Have any of you guys ever messed with the OMC upgrade kit 0390974? It comes with both forward and reverse gears, a three lug instead of the OE two lug clutch dog, bearings, and spaghetti seal. I reworked my lower unit back in 2012 and had my gears and dog machined, but alas it has rounded off...
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    1973 18 hp evinrude flywheel key shearing

    Hey guys, my 18 keeps shearing flywheel keys and I am absolutely stumped on why. They key passages do not appear worn and the engine runs fine with a good key in until it shears. Does anyone have any ideas on what would cause this?
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    1978 35 hp evinrude compression question

    Hey guys! I have found a guy locally who has a 1978 35 hp evinrude that he is trying to sell. It has 60 psi compression on the top cylinder and 65 psi on the bottom. The spark plugs had black tips and chocolate colored porcelain. If my memory serves me correctly they are j4c's. The guy selling...
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    1973 18 hp evinrude nightmare

    Hey guys I'm back. This '73 is going to be the death of me. As soon as I get one system running, another one fails. To this point I have rebuilt the carb, resealed the crankcase, replaced points, condensers, coils (primary and secondary), replaced old fuel lines, resealed the lower unit, and had...
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    Boat ramp blues

    Hey guys, as most of us have experienced, I was able to get to see a royal fubar at my local ramp on the Tennessee tombigbee waterway a couple of weekends ago. My local ramp in Becker bottom is a two lane ramp but a tight two lane. If the driver of the tow vehicle does not back their boat down...
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    1973 18hp evinrude 18304a crankcase leak

    Hey guys, I have been struggling with this 18 all day yesterday trying to get the halves of the crankcase apart. I have pulled all the bolts out and cannot get the darn thing apart! Does anyone have any idea of how to open this crankcase up? I need to reseal the edges because it is bubbling fuel...
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    Stainless steel drive pin sheared... where can I get replacements?

    Ok guys, I had a very odd occurance this weekend. I was running my 1973 18 HP Fastwin Evinrude at WOT down the river when all of a sudden I hear a loud bang from my engine, the motor flies up out of the water, reaches up as high as the tilt will allow it to go, then flops back down into running...
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    Help identifying this boats age please!!!

    Hey guys (and gals). I am in need of some assistance. Does anyone have any idea about what year this boat was made? I cannot find any numbers on it and would like to know an age on it. Any help is greatly appreciated!
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    1960 10 hp Sportwin Evinrude

    Hey guys, I am wondering if this hole on the bottom of the LU is supposed to be here as a drain hole or should it be plugged?
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    1973 18 hp Evinrude Skeg Removal

    Hey guys, I am up to my elbows in grease right now, and having some difficulties. I am attempting to remove the skeg from my outboard and it is not wanting to budge. I have removed 6 Philips head screws holding the skeg on and it is still fused closed. I need to get into it to flip the clutch...
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    1973 18 hp Evinrude starts out running great, but slips out of gear

    Hey guys, I have a 1973 18 hp Evinrude outboard that starts out running great but after running at WOT for about 10 minutes in forward, stopping, shifting from forward to neutral, then back to forward it refuses to run at WOT. I can get it to run at midrange but can never get it above that. It...
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    Minn Kota Edge #55 foot pedal question

    On the edge foot pedal version, does anyone know how to make the foot control switch for momentary button lighter or am I stuck with a heavy (read practically unusable) foot control module? If am looking to get it into the motorguide range for pressure required to operate or close so I don't...
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