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    Mild rotten floor in anchor compartment UPDATE

    Good Morning All! On my ocean boat I have just discovered that the bottom of my anchor compartment has a little bit of rot in it. However due to the location I can not just cut it out and redo. I was wondering if I could just glass over it and bring it up on the sides for a more rigid effect...
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    2001 225 HP Ficht

    Good Afternoon!<br />Heres my story:<br />Bought the above motor used and rigged it on my boat. Ran all new harnesses to the motor and console. When to start er up and the starter was dragging. Replaced the batteries with 2 new deep cycle bats and tested again. Still dragging, jumped starter...
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    2001 225HP Evi DI??

    Getting ready to buy the above motor. My question is this: Is this a Ficht Motor? If it is I have heard to stay away from the Ficht but then also heard from 2001 on they worked out the kinks? It has 400 hours on it and I can get it for 4K. (Of corse after having my mech go thru it)I...
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    Loss of compression?

    I have a 1993 175hp spitfire evinrude. My mech. found two cylinders with pretty low compression. I do not remember how low but my question is this:<br />The motor last time out seem to loose power to about half of the cyliners. Leading me to belive there is an electrical issue with the...
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    1993 175 evinrune spitfire possible SLOW problem

    Well after much reading I need some opionions. My motor runs fine when cool once heated up (160 or more) I loose some power probably 1/2. I would let it cool and it would run fine. However once it ran for 10 minutes same problem returns. It appears this possibly is a S.L.O.W. operation...
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    1993 175 spitfire series

    Hello all, My 175hp evi developed a problem yesterday. I dropped her in at the ramp and ran to the inlet. About 10 minutes into the run I lost about 1/2 power and could only run about 1500 RPM. It seems to me that I lost bout 1/2 the cylinders. When I gave it gas it sounded bad but as soon...
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    1993 175 Evinrude 60 Degree Spitfire

    Hello all! It's sad to report ole evi is sick! I have a high speed miss that progresses into an all speed miss over time. I have replaced almost the entire ignition system. (Stator, power pack, coils, wires, and plugs) Boat will run great for about 5 hours then the miss returns. After taking...
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