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    Mercury 3.5hp 2012 outboard hard to start due to over compression? Cause? How to fix?

    They are not hard to strip . A good service manual is the 1st tool you should buy . I have never owned a ring spreader and I havnt broken a ring for 45 years , and you can bodgey a ring compressor out of a coke can ,a torque wrench and Bobs your auntie .
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    What oil to run in trim/tilt shock absorber?

    I recall some oil suppliers promoting an additive called "seal swell " ( self explanatory ) and I have heard peeps saying it works and I think thats what stopped my Guzzi rear drive from weeping ( new seals didnt )
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    Loose Strap From Winch To Bow

    Aw man that was probly 25 years ago now , and things sure have changed , sooooo yeah . Ha , we got burgled about 5-6 years ago ..... but we didnt know untill the local cop showed up with our stuff in the back seat of his car . Oh yeah , I still have the crescent wrench :LOL::LOL: ( we call...
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    Loose Strap From Winch To Bow

    Ha , I once caught someone trying to steal my propeller at the trailer park. eh eh eh , I got sore knuckles and his 12' crescent.:D
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    Mercury 3.5hp 2012 outboard hard to start due to over compression? Cause? How to fix?

    You can get an endoscope camera that fits your cell ph for naff all of the chinese . I have seen a few of these camshaft decompressors and Im yet to see one that gives any hint of longevity . They are a flimsy looking bit of pressed steel or plastic .
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    What oil to run in trim/tilt shock absorber?

    I think the suggested options take into account the ambient temp where its used . Ya wouldnt want to thick oil in real cold temps . I have always used ATF for this sort of thing ........mostly because I usually had some
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    Chinese carbs

    Wellll in the end I swapped over all the seals , bushes , the whole float bowl and fuel pump assy and the main jet from the new chinese carb to the original ,set the idle screw at 2 3/4 turns and give it a yank ........like a different motor ( I have never previously had this motor running ...
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    Loose Strap From Winch To Bow

    Whats the bit of chain for ?:rolleyes:;):D
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    Best way to get to my boat?

    Oh for Gods sake ! just send the blmmin wife out , sheeesh guys :ROFLMAO:
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    Chinese carbs

    I guess it depends a bit on what the carb goes on , like a weedwacker is usually either idling or going full noise and there is no real need to modulate the throttle..... generator is similar . I could not find a 116 main jet for the original carb and the kit was expensive so I went for the...
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    87 50HP VRO Evinrude - Could this be my problem?

    Are you giving it a bit of throttle ( fast idle lever ) when your trying to start it ?
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    Chinese carbs

    "Crosbyman said: Carbs... well that is anoter matter " ( from another thread ) Yeah well , I have just got my 18hp Tohatsu 2 stroke going .... with the new Chinatown carb . The book says 1 1/2 turns out for the idle mix screw, I had to go 4 1/2 turns to get a stable idle , one that...
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    1996 ev 25 hp 2 stroke not peeing

    Make sure that the water tube is slipping into the grommet on the pump and not hanging up on it . I have recently seen where the tube pushes the gromet down into the pump outlet and all but block the outlet . There was a large burr on the end of the tube that needed dremeled off . This was...
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    Nobody fishing?

    :LOL: nobody likes a smarty pants :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
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    Reeds?

    I guess there's a 1st time for everything .:D Farrrrr out , I cant believe we have got to the 3rd page and not one of the "usuals " has demanded to know the compression . Tired 2 strokes can be hard to start when hot . Do a cold comp test and then do a hot one and compare the two .
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    Took my dad to the er last night.

    Whopper /whopper junior for me and Dianne has the Hawaiian chicken . Whopper kicks Big mac's arse :) but BK here doesn't do coffee. Its funny what gives you a lift , I spent 5 months in hospital after a bike crash , some of the Nurses would bring me KFC or BK on their way in for their...
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    Took my dad to the er last night.

    Burger King ?
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    1996 ev 25 hp 2 stroke not peeing

    Uh damn , just bought a carb for my quad ........seems OK but didnt fix the problem
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    1996 ev 25 hp 2 stroke not peeing

    That is something I had not considered . I wonder how many of those had been run dry . I do carry a spare pump kit on the boat as it only takes a 10 and 14mm spanners to do a pump job ........provided one can get to firm ground to do the job .
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    1996 ev 25 hp 2 stroke not peeing

    Nothing wrong with Amazon waterpumps , bought them for 3 outboards so far , no issues
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