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    Engine dies won't restart

    If it won't fire using starting fluid in the carb, you have zero spark.
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    Cause of this milky water

    It looks like fuel and water mixed. Your exhaust extension does have cooling water, exhaust and exhaust+ water in those three cavities, respectively. They could easily migrate to the driveshaft. If also could be leaking from the lower cylinder, past the seals you will be replacing. When...
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    Any way to change just one piston and rings on 1988 Mercury 115 L6 2 stroke?

    Replacement pistons are the two ring style. The rings are keystone shaped, so no swapping is possible. I am not sure if you can buy the older style (3 ring) replacements. You need to check as the price difference is a lot, if you have to buy all new pistons. You can remove the crank to...
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    1989 Seville 19 questions

    Ok, you have a IL4. You want a V8 I am an amateur, but I think you would need a two motor mounts on the sides, near the front. The dog house likely needs to get wider and possibly deeper, changing any jump seats. Usually the stringers can be a platform for the motor mounts. Hopefully your's...
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    Wiring

    try the maxrules web site
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    Tachometer troubles

    You need to look on the tach maker's application chart. Most modern tachs will not work with your dual magneto system.
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    Must I pull power head for exhaust cover removal?

    Water in the bottom cylinder is often the failure of crankshaft seals. You have to pull the powerhead to replace those. The lower cowling does not come off until the powerhead is removed.
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    Need 59 Johnson super seahorse 50 original manual

    Service manual, owners manual, parts manual? BTW no on all three,
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    Outboard Flex Tube

    Check electrical supply places. I bought the small stuff at Home Despot. I have two sets of cable, wires and hoses to the motor, so the smaller stuff just worked.
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    Disintegrating rivets

    Scott, Are you sure about that? My Merc has a block ground and 4 1/2" mounting bolts. There is no way the engine is not grounded to the boat and water. my boat is fiberglass, however, a lot of motors have parts in the water, even with the motor tilted up.
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    Charging system help

    I did not think IL6 motors were made in 1990, but that is not germane, Those motors had a voltage regulator, driven by the stator. The stator supplied an AC current which was rectified and then regulated, based upon the condition of the battery. Simple test is to disconnect the yellow stator...
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    1998 Evinrude Outboard 150 Ocean Pro Ignition Switch issue

    Does the starter spin continuously, when the engine is running? I would expect it would. Look for melted wiring, on the engine harness. Wires can melt and connect to each other on that motor. I am expecting the purple wire is somehow connected to the yellow/red wire.
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    Disintegrating rivets

    You also might look to see if any electrical wires have fallen to the bottom of the boat, where they could be covered in water. Water could find a nick in the insulation and allow electricity to contact the hull, completing the circuit. Scott, wouldn't you expect the engine to be connected to...
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    Carb Question

    Outboards can have "filter like" devices, however, these are to muffle air intake noise. Those tubes look like orifices' for mid range or off idle.
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    Tach for 3 cylinder, 2-stoke outboard?

    OB tachs work off the stator. They are independent of engine cylinders. Find a tach that works on Force OBs and see if your motor is listed. You might ask this Q in the Force Forum.
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    Disintegrating rivets

    Your dad might take a galvanometer and check the water around the boat for stray currents. with his training, he may know how to detect same. You might also see if an impressed current system like MerCathode would help your situation.
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    1962 Evinrude Starflite IV 75hp no spark HELP!

    I do not remember if the carb had a replaceable inlet needle seat. Maybe there is someone old enough on this forum who does. Even in the 70's I had to find a dealer with the "old books "to get parts for my '59 Fat Fifty. No microfiche for them, even back then.
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    Disintegrating rivets

    OK, to be clear, you keep it at your dock for a few months of the year. You do not paint it with antifouling paint, and it has one zinc anode. I assume it is freshwater, or you would have serious growth build up. You might look up to check for stray electrical current at your dock. You also...
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    1989 Seville 19 questions

    I had an '88 Sorrento, which is the same hull as Seville. It came with a 4.3LX V6. You would obviously need to rebuild the dog house and move the front motor mount, and maybe cut back the decking to put a V8 in it, but I think the boat would handle it. You might check the SeaRay site. They...
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    No fuel Seen- 94' Black Max

    The enrichener is a solenoid valve that drains fuel under gravity feed, from the top carb to the lower carbs, directly into the crankcase. This provide choking action. When you say "draining from the filter as it ran", do you mean the inline fuel filter, or something else?
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