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    1961 johnson 18 hp. Should that be there?

    So I've had an 18 for years but she just got too tired and busted up. Picked up what appears to be a super low hour matching motor to my old one. I've been going through it thoroughly to clean it up and make it reliable. My question is I found what looked to be 2 o rings in the end if the crank...
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    1967 evinrude 80 hp need help.

    I've got nothing to add that hasn't already been said. But man that's a nice looking boat. Someone sure loved that thing. You will have a lot of fun reliable times with that thing if you get the motor dialed right. Pretty sweet runner when I had one
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    1994 mercury mercruiser engine not starting

    It's all super simple and there's 1000 videos on line that explain the process better than I can here. But from what you described the obvious starting point is 1, does it have strong spark? 2, is the spark happening at the right time? Regardless of the carb condition it should bark off for a...
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    Trailer balance questimate?

    Yeh about that warrantee..... I'm pretty sure this trailer was born as a nice shinny new trailer in the 70s or 80s. Then it must have gotten in to the hands of about 5 different intoxicated rednecks working on it over the years. When I got it it had solid eyelets on each side of the leaf springs...
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    Trailer balance questimate?

    That's just about what ive come up with. But I will move all the rollers up first. That includes moving the entire roller sets up further and setting them so they hit the back edge of the transom just right. The hull is already badly cupped. I think I even made it worse doing the core while it...
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    Trailer balance questimate?

    Also 1 foot back on the axle would put it with the axle frame at basically the back edge of the trailer. Not picky if it worked but it would be one hell of a goofy looking trailer. Maybe start with the rollers all the way forward and see what I get from there? I guess you could do the math...
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    Trailer balance questimate?

    Tanks are in the back. Nothing else in the boat that would add any considerable weight when towing. Mostly tow it totally empty. I'm guessing around 1k pounds all in when towing. I'd usualy set a trailer up by the 10% rule. But being as light of a package as it is I'd kinda be inclined to go for...
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    Boat ID?

    On a closer look that's actually a decent trailer. Some new tires and working lights and that's worth about 1500 bucks up here. Might be different market in the states tho
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    Boat ID?

    I don't know what it is, but it's cool. Imagine with only countless hours of you life that you will never get back Spent covered in fiberglass dust. Plus just a couple times the coast of it in good shape you could have a cool boat. I say this jokingly, but I keep doing it to myself over and...
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    1994 mercury mercruiser engine not starting

    Kinda sounds ignition related still. Especially the backfire you mentioned earlier. Should run for a second regardless of any thing to do with the fuel system If you put some gas down it's throat. Cyl 1 on TDC compression stroke. Is the rotor pointing towards cyl 1 in the cap? I'm assuming a...
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    Trailer balance questimate?

    I'm just now noticing the camera on my phone tricks the eye. The boats under 15 feet and there is truly only about 5-6 inches of tongue in front of the front roller mount. Even tho it looks like a good foot in the photo
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    Trailer balance questimate?

    So here it is. Just did the boat, jacking plate and motor. With the new setup the trailer is sitting at a total neutral balance. You can set it on the skeg or the tongue and it will stay. Picking up the tongue of the trailer it has absolutely no weight. I got lucky and my dad rented a dock for...
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    Tower of power polished cowl wrap.

    Oh I'm well aware of the life span on this kind of paint. She sits under a cover most of the time tho. It's only used for day trips. And the last motor on it I painted the same way and got 6 years out of it still looking good. I considered hitting it with my favorite automotive clear after but...
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    Can piston rings wear before cylinder wall?

    If the bores are good and close to round and its an issue of excessive wear and ring gap you can absolutely dingle ball hone it and file a set of rings to fit. Now it's the absolute wrong way to go about it and longevity will suffer to an unknown degree. If it's already low on compression from...
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    Rough running Evinrude V90

    Not a problem at all. That's just a shellac or coating they spray on the lamentations so they don't rust. I could be wrong but I'm fairly sure that's a aftermarket or re wound coil. All the original omc stuff I've seen has had an amber colored shellac on it. But I could be wrong. Either way it...
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    Fuel Line Drained the tank

    Was your motor trimmed up somewhat when it was sitting? If a float needle sticks it will just overflow out the throat of a carb and pour out the front by the fuel line. I've had this happen to me before. I also think to some extent these motors were never designed to have constant gravity feed...
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    Rough running Evinrude V90

    It didn't sound all that bad running there. Seemed sluggish on the throttle tho. These motors really do need back pressure on the exhaust to run properly. Even mine that idles dead smooth in the lake sounds all broken up and rough on the water muffs. I'd take it out and see how it behaves. Then...
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    Rough running Evinrude V90

    As far as a green coating on the stator goes. Most rebuilds I've gotten, I think Sierra? Have a green shellac on the core to seal them. Now it should be pretty obvious if it's meant to be there or not. Green fuzzy corrosion is bad but can be cleaned off. Don't quote me but most of that coil is a...
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    Insane good tower of power fuel economy?

    I can't remember exactly. But we had a 80's? Louper 140 v4. That thing was balsy on a 19 foot bow rider. But sweet Jesus could it drink with that setup. Like 200 bucks a boat ride in gas. by the way I'm Canadian so just triple your gas prices for reference.... well at least back then
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    Insane good tower of power fuel economy?

    For sure. Ive seen a few boats with the special edition performance omcs and over 115 hp v4s. And they went great. I was just comparing power of a 1988 merc 115 standard edition vs a 1988 omc v4 115 standard motor. I found the merc to have a noticeable better punch behind it. But that in no way...
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