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    Evinrude Mate Throttle Creep?

    This might not be the right term for this and may not be addressable issue but I figured I'd ask. Is there a way to tighten the throttle armature at all? It is running good but the throttle slowly "creeps" backwards from fast to slow and then eventually to the stop point. Are they made to do...
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    Johnson 4hp seahorse

    Picked up a 70's or 80's seahorse yesterday. It really looks like it has never seen the water, It looks brand new as does the original omc gas tank. The guy said it overheated and he never bothered to check it out. I'm not sure if it was impeller problem or if it was a bad gas mix. As good as it...
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    1958 Scott-Atwater

    Picked up a 58' Atwater yesterday. I was running until it was stored without a sparkplug. I'm guessing moisture from the air got in and made some corrosion, couldve overheated I guess but I haven't checked the impeller yet. I was thinking of soaking the cylinder with PB blast or deep creep? I...
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    63' Evinrude Lightwin Help (rebuilt, now troubleshooting)

    Hello all, I'm new to the site but have been reading forever. Tons of priceless info has been found here! Anywho, I picked up a little lightwin the other day and decided to overhaul immediately. The compression is good and the guy I got it from claims it ran fine last it was started but I have...
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