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    1991 Johnson 8hp tiller shifting

    yea, there is that, but - my Nephew using it seemed like the best use of the motor. If I fix it, and they want to use it, they can pay the repair fee - even if I do it... lol nothing in the world stopping them from just dropping it off at a marina to be fixed.
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    6hp 1971 Evinrude, worth getting?

    I know an 8hp will plane a 12 foot rowboat with me in it. Will the 6hp do that, barely? I weigh about 270, so - I might try to scale up to an 8hp. If I remember correctly, it was slow to get up on plane, even with the 8hp. I might see about a boat, motor, trailer package that has an 84 8hp...
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    1991 Johnson 8hp tiller shifting

    Interesting. They didn't mention any screeching so - maybe I'll get lucky and it will be easy .. ha ha - yeah, that almost never happens.
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    1991 Johnson 8hp tiller shifting

    I think before I do or buy anything. I need my hands on the motor. It is still 3 hours away at my brother's place. It won't work, but my first thought is to drain the lower unit, and see what is in it. If there's bits of metal, then well - there's that. If not, I guess it wouldn't hurt to...
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    1991 Johnson 8hp tiller shifting

    I found locally a place that sells used lower units that are fully serviced, and pressure tested, so - guess I could just grab one and swap the whole thing if needed.
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    1991 Johnson 8hp tiller shifting

    I believe it is the original lower unit. I haven't messed with the motor at all, my 14 year old Nephew and his cousin have been using it the last 6 years or so at my brother's place. It was just reported to me that it wasn't shifting right and that if they messed with the prop a bit, it would...
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    1991 Johnson 8hp tiller shifting

    I got this motor maybe 10 years ago. Used it for a couple years and left it at my brother's house, so my nephew could use it. Gets some use there and I have other boats and motors. They seem to have worn out something in the shift mechanism. It doesn't seem to want to go into and out of gear...
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    6hp 1971 Evinrude, worth getting?

    I have an old 68 3hp, and I've done maintenance on it over the years. old family motor, and it runs better that it ever has last few years. I saw an ad for a 71 6hp, were those build well too? I would assume so, but different years and hp motors can have inherent weaknesses or problems. The...
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    2003 60hp 4 Stroke EFI Relays

    oh, you can audibly hear the relays click? do they fail open or closed? I would have thought it would just fail open, and the trim would just not activate up or down, but it seemed to fail closed, and the ignition did not work, and the guages were all over the place, so - anyway, that seems...
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    2003 60hp 4 Stroke EFI Relays

    I guess the same. Makes sense, what else could it be?
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    2003 60hp 4 Stroke EFI Relays

    I was messing with my Mom's boat. Well, getting it going for the first time in 3 years. Seemed pretty good, and then ran into an issue. Cut out once, just stopped and could not restart for a minute, then it got going. It was electrical, just cut out, and then no start. Waited about 30...
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    Pontoon boat for 25hp Merc, 2 Stroke

    I think I may keep it on a skiff and switch the skiff back to a tiller. It is an Indian River Skiff I put together from kit plans. I put a console on it, becuase the tiller handle seemed to really pull too much, but I think I can fix that by raising the motor mount and getting the cavitation...
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    Pontoon boat for 25hp Merc, 2 Stroke

    I have in my yard on a project boat that I guess I don't want to mess with it, it can just become a rowboat at some point. I have a 2005 25hp Mercury 20" Shaft, Two Stroke on it. I've been wondering what I could do with this motor and the possibility of throwing it on a smaller pontune boat...
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    1968 3hp Lightwin Fuel Pump

    that kit worked until this year. for whatever reason it would stall every 1/2 hour or hour. sat in a garage lastfew years, cleaned it up, new pull cord, carb clean, fuel lines. got it running in a bucket and figured that was good enough to try in the lake. same thing, like every 1/2 hour it...
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    New Motor to Me

    After looking for a while, I found a good deal on a mid 80's johnson 8hp to put on the back on a 12 foot aluminum bow boat - it is rated for up to 12, but the trick is - 2 questions. 1. What do I go over on the motor to get it all tuned up? 2. The shaft lenght of the motor is 17.5, but the...
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    metal rattle sound - 1968 3hp

    Evinrude I had some rattle sounds that I traced back to the lever in the back of the motor that holds the cowling, and I put the motor tilt out one notch and that also seemed to alleviate some noise coming from the pin and spring at the adjustment lever there. I still have one concerning...
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    Solenoid Ground

    25hp Mercury 2005 2 stroke I tried this question in the merc motor forum, but thought maybe it would get more traction here. I had issues with the starter and eventually traced it back to the starter solenoid - and to the ground wire. I jumped the ground to the block and it starts and runs...
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    Gear Oil

    1968 3hp Evinrude 2005 25hp Mercury both 2 strokes, Wally's carries the quicksilver for Mercury and I think gear oil is gear oil really, but can I put this into the lower unit of the Evinrude?
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    Propeller Loose?

    Same 3hp Evinrude 1968, was looking at the propeller and noticed that it does not seem to be attached tight, there is actually some play there - is that normal or am i missing a bushing or something that would holt it on tight?
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    Primer Bulb General Question

    Sometimes the primer bulb becomes firm and sometimes the same bulb becomes completely hard/solid. Does anyone know why this happens? I would think it would be consistent, but it seems to be hard one time, and it only gets firm another time - you know what I mean and let's keep it out of the...
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