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    1997 honda 15 hp stalls out after a few minutes

    Guys, just bought a used 1997 Honda 15 HP outboard, seemed to run fine when checking it out, but when I got it home, it will only run for a short time, then stall. I have only run it in a test tank. It has a brand new carburetor, the float is good. It will run for awhile, the bulb gets hard when...
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    1993 Yamaha 3 HP will not throttle up

    Hello, have a 93 Yamaha 3 HP 2 stroke. Motor was not running right, so I took carb completely apart and cleaned it, bought and installed a carb kit, replaced the spark plug, put it all back together and motor still bogs down under throttle. Eventually it will flood out and not start. The fuel is...
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    1993 Yamaha 3 HP 3MSHR water telltale

    Hello, just picked up this Yamaha 3 hp. It starts ok, but I do not see any water being pumped through motor. Does anybody know where the telltale is on this motor? I had read that some early models did not have a tell tale. Thanks.
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    1971 Mercury 7.5 hp stator problem

    Hello, I just bought a 1971 Mercury 7.5 motor with the Thunderbolt ignition. The guy I bought it from said the stator was bad, he said the engine quit while it was running. I did do a spark check on it and there appeared to be some spark from both cylinders, though weak. How can I know for sure...
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