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    How much difference is there between a 15hp fastwin and the 18hp?

    and please don't say 3hp! ;) I'm just wondering if it would be worth my time to pick up a project 18hp when I already have a running 15hp? After my 15 rebuild and now that its working I feel a lot better about these motors. Funny how that works. It has been reliable for the last 4 trips out and...
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    Fastwin Decarb?

    So i had low compression and decided to try to decarb the motor. I did as the secret files directed, sprayed it into the carb for a while and then bogged it out. Sprayed some into the cylinders and let it sit for an hour. Then got it going. Rechecked the compression and it brought it up from...
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    Motor recommendations for a 14' jon boat

    So, I have this dillemna going on. I don't know what motor to buy. I have a line on a 15hp honda 4 stroke 2001 for $1500, seems like a nicely used motor with a fair price. The motor will be put on a 1436 lowe flat bottom that is rated for a 15hp. I load the boat heavily with decoys, people, dog...
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    Navigation Light Options for a Small Duck Boat

    I do a lot of night fishing these days and want to put some nav lights on my duck boat. THey need to be cheap and functional. I was thinking of putting them on the angled portion of my light bracket that i made for the running lights. The smaller the better as I don't want them to snag on...
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    53 Fastwin problems. . . AGAIN! :(

    So I'm really starting to think that my buddies are right, I need to throw this piece of $%#@ in the lake and get a real motor. Unfortunately I'm in college and a 3K dollar motor is not in the budget. So here goes again. Got this motor about 8 months ago and it was in rough shape. Fixed the...
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    56 fastwin 15hp only goes with the choke out

    So it starts fine with the choke out and then idles up really high until i push it back in. Once its been warmed up a little bit it runs fine at low speed with the choke in. When I put it in gear and start to go I can twist the throttle up to about fast and it doesn't really go any more than...
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    Shear Pin Size 56 fleetwin

    I have a 56 7.5hp fleetwin and a 53 15hp fastwin, what diameter is the shear pin? I know they are the same diameter I just don't know what it is. Trying to make some out of brass rod to have some extras and maybe protect the prop a little. I do a lot of duck hunting and motor in stump and long...
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    Water spilling out of fleetwin cover. . .

    I can't find out where it is coming out of. I live a ways from the lake and this morning the outboard was spewing water out of every hole on the cowling. I had to shut it off and tried to find the leak. . . no luck, I was thinking that maybe water got in there and froze and cracked something but...
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    53 Evinrude fastwin 15hp Carb Question

    So, I have been working with a new to me 15hp fastwin. I noticed after my carb rebuild that there is an air bubble at the top of the glass bowl on the bottom of the carb. Is this normal? Wouldn't this cause fuel supply issues? The fuel line is right about the bottom of the filter, maybe a 1/32th...
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    1953 Evinrude Fastwin 15hp Questions

    I just picked up a 53 fastwin for pretty cheap. It runs when the choke is out but dies if its pushed back in. It took some effort to get it to start but it finally did. The guy i got it from was of questionable mechanical ability and it likely was stored with fuel in the carb, etc. . . The shaft...
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    1956?ish Evinrude Fleetwin slipping out of gear???

    So I recently bought a boat that has a fleetwin 7.5 on it. I was out running it today and everything was going fine until it seemed to start slipping out of gear and winding up really high but not going anywhere. . . It only happened one time, limped back to the dock and went out closer and ran...
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