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    air in gas line

    I have a 1991 6 H.P. Evinrude kicker motor on my boat. When the boat sits over night, there is a lot of air in the gas line. I can hear the air when i am squeezing the primer ball. I actually have to disconnect the line from the motor, push the pin in, and squeeze the ball several times until...
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    70 H.P.Nissan NO SPARK

    I had a 1991 70 H.P Nissan motor for the past three years. Runs great, absolutely no issues, until today. Went fishing and motor started up great as usual. Anchored up for a few hours, then went to move and motor cranked and cranked but no start. Got in with my kicker motor and check when i got...
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    Windshield help please

    I have a 1994 Smoker craft, open bow, aluminum hull. I have a very loose windshield on the passenger side of the boat. I lifted the windshield up enough to allow me to pull a bolt of out of the boat directly straight down beneath the windshield. This bolt appears that it was connected to the...
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    How to check tilt trim oil level

    I had a clump of some kind of fluid in my garage from the rear end of my boat. I checked my Nissan 70 H.P. motor lower unit oil and it is fine, and i checked my 6 H.P kicker motor lower unit oil and it is also fine. Both motors have clean oil in them with no water at all. The oil I saw on the...
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    Shutting off a small outboard motor

    I have a question that I simply cannot find an answer to on line or anywhere else for that matter. It may be in the manual for my outboard, but I do not have one currently. I have a 6 H.P. Evinrude motor. It is a 1984 model. It has a kill switch with a tether on it that will shut the...
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    Help with idle adjustment

    I have a 70 H.P. Johnson motor I believe is a 1984 model (??) and it has two year old controls cables for the throttle and the gears. The control box is next to the driver and goes back to the motor. The model number for the motor is: J70ELCNB. I have the lever on the controls that you raise up...
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    What prop to get

    I have a Nissan outboard on my boat. It is still in storage here in Mich., so I do not have the model number on me, but I really don't know if my question would need the model number or not. It is a 1992 model, 70 H.P. motor. I am thinking about getting a new prop for it, and I was wondering...
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    Fuel pump re-do

    Hi guys, Looking for an answer to what I hope is a simple question. I have a 6 H.P Evinrude motor, 1991 model year, and the model number is: E6REIA. I need to rebuild the carb in the spring time here in Michigan, and I thought while I was at it, I would also rebuild the fuel pump since the...
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    Plugged carb?

    Hi guys, I had a water problem earlier in the year with my motors but installed a water separator that solved that problem. My motors have been running great, then I had a problem with the gas lines changing the fuel a very dark color in the water separator. I changed hoses to a hose that is...
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    Window repair on boat

    Hi guys, I have an open bow boat (Smoker craft, 1992 Magnum) and I have a windshield going across the boat with the walk thru windshield in the middle. One entire side of my windshield became very loose and there seems to be only one screw thru the bottom along the edge of the hull holding...
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    Converting pull start to electric start?

    Hi guys, I have a 6 H.P. Evinrude kicker motor on my boat, model #6BALCR 1984 model. It has a pull start on it, and I would love to convert this excellent running motor to an electric start motor. I do not see any room however where the starter would go under the shroud on the motor...
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    Electric 24 volt trolling motor

    Hi guys, I am going to look at a Motor Guide 24 volt electric bow mount trolling motor made by Motor Guide. The seller told me it is a 24 volt motor but it has a toggle switch to operate it off of 12 volts if I want to/ Question: If I do this, would I lose power or time or both on the 12...
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    Gas turned brown??

    I had something really wierd happen out on the lake yesterday. My large motor ran perfect all day, but I had trouble starting my little trolling motor. I looked at the bowl on my new water separator that I put in and the gas in the bowl looked like pepsi or cke! It was brown. I drained some...
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    Water separator installed

    I put a water separator in my boat today. I hooked it up with one line coming into the filter from the gas tank beneath the floor, and two separate lines going to my 70 H.P. motor and the second line going to my 6 H.P. kicker. I put the primer ball in line before the filter. (Between the gas...
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    Water getting into gas

    I had water in my gas tank twice this season. The first time was when I washed the boat spill tray off at a campsite after I parked under a tree. I used the water hose at the clean out station for this. The spill tray is the rear deck of the boat where the gas filler cap is located. The...
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    Which prop to get?

    I have a 1991 Nissan 70 H.P. outboard, model number is: 70A2. I want to get a new prop, and I am considering a (4) blade aluminum as apposed to a (3) blade aluminum. Will I gain any top speed with the four blade prop instead of the three blade prop without increasing the RPMs or will the four...
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    Fish finder issue

    I have a cheap fish finder on my boat that has always worked great until the other day. It is a Hummingbird Piranah Max 197 model. Never had an issue, but the other day while trolling at about 1.4 MPH, the thing totally froze up with what was on the screen at the time. I could not do a thing...
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    Gasket for gas

    I need to replace the gasket on my portable 6 gallon gas tank for my Evinrude motor. What kind of gasket material would I need to buy to make the gasket myself? I live realy far from an Evenrude OMC dealer and Home Depot is one block away from me, so I want to get the material and make a...
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    Minn Kota

    I am thinking about buying a Minn Kota electric trolling motor, model Turbo Pro42. Has a foot pedal control. Cable steering. Question, When I step on the pedal (with no electric hooked up yet) the power head turns right and left. The upper part of the shaft turns with it, but NOT the lower...
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    Getting used electric motor

    Hi again guys, I am buying an electric trolling motor from Craigslist in the Detroit area. It is a Motor Guide , bow mount w/foot control, 50 pound thrust. Looks great in the photo and comes with (2) deep cycle batteries both in great condition. (per ad) Everything I need to mount it, and...
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