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    Omc cobra shift cable

    I am trying to replace the gear shift cable on my 87 omc cobra outdrive and it is not going as easy as I thought it would be. I have a manual but it is not very discriptive on how to do the job it is only showing adjustments. I have the outdrive off and 90 percent of the old cable out but...
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    Outdrive shaft seized in flywheel drive

    I am trying to pull the engine in my boat and swap it out with a rebuilt one. Everything is loose but the drive shaft is seized on the splines. I have tried to shake loose from the engine side and that didn't work so I unbolted the vertical drive and couldn't get that loose either. So the...
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    1977 Evinrude 55hp 2cylinder do I need to dissconnect gear linkage to drop lower unit

    I need to drop the lower unit on an 1977 55hp Evinrude. I know some motors have an access plate on the side of the motor so you can dissconnect the gear linkage. I am doing this job as a favor to a friend and the don't have a manual, so I was hoping to get a little info on the job from the...
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    rubber bushing between the drive sleeve and prop is slipping 1967 60hp johnson

    I went out for walleye tonight and went to take off and my motor reved real high like there was no load on it. I thought maybe the shear pin broke somehow, but when I would put it in gear at low idle the boat would move then when I went to take off we would not go anywhere. Well I never knew...
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    67 60 hp johnson bogs down at WOT till on plane then runs smooth

    Motor idles fine at low idle but when you throttle up it struggles to get on plane bogs down and loses power. Once on plane it runs smooth and fast. Compression is good and even on all cylinders and the carb and fuel pump have been rebuilt and I installed a new condensor. This problem has been...
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    1967 60hp johnson lync and sync help

    Hello I am trying to get my distributer in sync with my carb linkage....I'm am trying to adjust it with the motor running and it is hard to tell what position it is running best at....does anyone know the procedure for setting the lync and sync for this motor?......Thank You for any help
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    how to tell if water got into my gas tank

    I took on alot of water 2 weeks ago in the bay and i had 2 tanks of gas onboard in the rear compartment where the gastanks are stored....how do i know if water got into the tanks. It smells ok but I am not sure if it is ok. I dipped a leaf into the gas and lit it and it ignited with no...
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    1967 60hp johnson only one carb stack is pulling vacum

    I was out walleye fishing last night and the motor started running foul. My friend reached into the carb access when he noticed there was no vacum in the one carb stack. I did a recent compression test and all 4 reading right aroud 95 psi. The motor always fires right up. Does anyone know...
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    gamefisher 7.5 blowing head gaskets is this a common problem?

    my gamefisher 7.5 blew a head gasket. I replaced it thinking no real problem. Then I went out in the boat and it blew again so I replaced that one. Needless to say this happened several times. There are 2 hole on the gaskets surface that lead to the outside of the head, I take it those holes...
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    7.5 gamefisher (tecomsah) rebuilt carb keeps flooding

    I just rebuilt my 7.5 gamefisher carb. and I put it all back together and now it floods. It didn't have the problem before that it ran fine and I also just replaced the head gasket. I know this has nothing to do with the carb flooding. I do not have a manual right now and do not know the...
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    parts diagrams for anyone with sears motors

    For anyone who may not know this on sears parts web site you type in your model number and it will give you parts diagrams which may come in handy when ordering a part or fixing somthing without a manual.
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    67 johnson 60hp compression reading....is it ok?

    I did a compression test on all 4 cylinders and 3 read 95 psi and 1 reads 110 is this ok. Motor runs smooth at mid to high rpm's and idles rough at low rpm and smokes alot just at lower idle. It also seems to run better under load sounds smooth and no chop.....carb problem? new plugs, coil...
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    muffs on my 1967 60hp johnson

    Can I use muffs on my 1967 60hp johnson? I can see several holes/and vent....which is the water pump intake?
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    tachometer wiring help

    I am redoing all the wiring on my boat because nothing worked right and all the wiring was a birds net and butt connectors everywhere. Anyway I want to wire a tach. to my 67 60hp johnson motor. I am not sure of the brand of tack but looks almost brand new and has a "Q" on the gauge face. The...
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    lots of smoke and lots of steam

    1967 60hp johnson <br />I have been trying to trouble shoot this problem a little at a time for about a week now. I just replaced the coil with a new one because of a weak spark problem. I got the motor running again but it still seems to have a pretty good missfire. At low idle it will...
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