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    85 Yamaha 90HP lower unit slop. Is this acceptable?

    I just purchased a 90hp yamaha for my boat. It runs great on muffs, but when put in gear, it does have a little engagement clatter (probably due to the SS prop), but at an idle in gear, there is a rattle noise from the prop from time to time, and I noticed that there was a decent amount of slop...
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    1977 Evinrude V4 115hp Fuel delivery/carb issue. Please Help!

    I have a 77 Evinrude 115hp V4 outboard. Since this is usually the first question, the compression is 120/120/120/90 - One cylinder has some scuffs causing the lower compression. That isnt causing the problem im having now though... Here is the problem. The engine idles, but rough. off idle, it...
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    1978 Evinrude 115hp - Compression question

    I have a 78 evinrude 115hp outboard. Its a 4 cylinder. Has 120/120/120/90 on compression. I took off the head, and the low compression cylinder looks like it had a ring issue, as the piston is dinged up on the top, and some on the cylinder head. The engine runs pretty good, besides a little...
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    2005 Yamaha 25hp 4 stroke - F25ESRD CARB PRIME STARTER??- HELP!!

    Hi I recently purchased a boat with this motor on it. It ran fine for the first few outings. Then it had slight hesitation when coming off idle, but would clear up and get to WOT no problem. Well, I took the boat out yesterday morning, and the motor would barely run. it would crank and crank...
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    Johnson 50vro - Water pressure gauge hookup?

    I have a water pressure gauge I would like to use with my 1990 50hp Johnson - Where do I hook the hose up to the engine for the pressure? Do I "TEE" into the tell tale hose? Thanks
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    1990 Johnson 50hp - Trim sending unit??

    I have a 88 sea nymph that has a 1990 johnson 50hp VRO motor. In one of the compartments, I found a trim gauge that matches the rest of my gauges in the console. So, im guessing the original motor for the boat had a trim sender, and this johnson may not, so they removed the gauge. My question...
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    1998 Gamefisher by Mercury - Water pump question

    I have a 98 gamefisher that says its made by mercury under the cowl. I just bought it, and fired it up in a bucket of water with the water lever above the skeg. The motor doesnt pee anywhere. Is it suppose to? I dont want to overheat it so I would like to know if its suppose to be peeing from...
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    help identify my prop please!

    I have a 1990 johnson 50hp 2cyl outboard with a chewed up prop. Im trying to figure out what size it is, but the ONLY thing stamped on it is S476 - There are no dimensions on it anywhere. Anyone know what S476 might mean? Thanks
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    140hp merc. wiring diagram? please help!

    I have a late 70's/early 80's 140hp merc inline 6 cylinder outboard that im trying to fix. Quite a bit of the wiring on the side has been repaired, and hacked up around the switchboxes. Anyone have a wiring diagram so I can see if these wires are going to the right places. The wiring from the...
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    mid 80's Black Max 150 Compression issue...

    Im looking at a boat that is having engine problems. The owner says 5 of the 6 cylinders have 100-110psi and the 6th one only has 50psi. It is the bottom left cylinder. What are the chances that this is just needing a head gasket? Or am I just looking at a full rebuild? Thanks!
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    93 Evinrude 40hp.. Idle adjustment??

    I have a 93 evinrude 40hp - and im trying to figure out how to adjust the idle down a little. It has the type of controls that you pull out on the handle to get it to fast idle. Anyone know where the regular idle adjustment is? Thanks!
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    goofy tachometer...

    I have a 93 Rude tracker 40 hp on a sun tracker pontoon boat. Sometimes the tach seems to be reading correctly. And other times it will show like 8000rpm when cruising. And the needle will sometimes float around like it has no idea where its suppose to be. Any ideas to the cause of this? Im...
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    18' pontoon dent removal?

    I have a 18' pontoon boat. It has a pretty shallow dent on one toon about 4" in diameter. Is there any way to pop it out?
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    Prop size for 40hp rude on 18' pontoon??

    I just got a 91 Suntracker Bass Buggy 18' pontoon boat. It has a 93 evinrude tracker 40hp motor on it. I took it out and the boat was really slow, which i somewhat expected from a pontoon. But today I noticed that the engine is tilted inward at the prop. So that might have quite a bit to do with...
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    93 Evinrude tracker 40hp - Lower unit oil level??

    I have a rude tracker 40hp motor that came on a pontoon i just purchased. I went to check the lower unit gear oil, and noticed that the bottom drain/fill screw is loose, the next screw up is loose, the next one up is loose, and the top one under the cav. plate is loose. The bottom one is a...
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