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  1. flyingscott

    1988 60hp 2 stroke won't start Need help!

    Check your flywheel key? Spark plug wires reversed?
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    Just bought new boat, trouble first time out. Please help.

    Running low on fuel does not hurt the engine. Common misconception there
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    VRO delete -- replace pump?

    Your Vro pump is fine.
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    Need 1971-1989 9.9 evinrude service manual, gears slipping on E10RCNS.

    https://www.outboardbooks.com/ will have the manual. Sounds like the lower needs to come apart.
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    Piranha prop selection help

    5000-6000 rpm for that motor
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    Old Mercury Leaking 2-Cycle Oil

    Cracked tank, leaking hoses leaking check valve, take your pic. Get some degreaser and clean everything off under the tank. Then try to find your leak.
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    8HP 2 stroke no start - Low compression

    Did you clean it properly?
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    8HP 2 stroke no start - Low compression

    Brake cleaner is a horrible thing to do!!!! It strips the oil off of the the metal parts. What do shiny clean metal parts do when the protective coating is stripped off? Hint: it rusts 2nd thing strips oil off of the cylinder what happens when that is not lubed?
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    8HP 2 stroke no start - Low compression

    get a proper tester and make sure it jumps a good 7/16" gap
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    Replacing old 2 stroke with newer 4 stroke advice?

    2 kinds of people love their 4 strks. rich people that money is no object regular people who have not had to pay to have it serviced yet
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    8HP 2 stroke no start - Low compression

    Brake clean was the worst possible thing to spray in there. How did you check spark?
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    Check valve and filter assembly

    Sounds like a pulse limiter. Put up a pic. If it is the pulse limiter it needs to be connected to the vRo pump.
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    1986 Evinrude 110 fuel issue?

    No
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    1986 Evinrude 110 fuel issue?

    Set your float heights. Are the needls and seats in good condition? Primer working properly? Not leaking? Lever in the correct position?
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    Replacing old 2 stroke with newer 4 stroke advice?

    Yup its hard to let go of cheap maintenance and parts availability. But if the strk you need is expensive oil changes and higher maintenance cost absolutely have at it. Don't forget the disposability of those engines that is definitely a selling point. As is the lack of torque yup better all the...
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    1986 Evinrude 110 fuel issue?

    Check your carbs specifically needed and seat. What kind of pump did you put on?
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    1979 Johnson 6hp Prop slip

    You need to get out more. It's pretty common.
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    25hp 3cylinder quitting

    Have you tried cleaning the carbs?
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    Replacing old 2 stroke with newer 4 stroke advice?

    Explain all the engines still running from the 50s, 60s and 70s and 80s and 90s. So what do you do with the motor you cannot get electronics for? How is that more reliable? Thank you for making my point for me and showing 4 strks are in fact disposable.
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    1986 Evinrude 110 fuel issue?

    Wrong. I actually owned one of those boats. Mine only had an 85 hp on it and it was not an easy planing boat.
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