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    My friend has a mercuriser 140, difficult to start

    The basics. Been the same essentially since the days of the Model T compression, fuel and spark 1....Compression. Engine must have adequate compression, AKA not worn out, timing (cam drive) not "slipped" nor cylinders washed down with fuel or dry from extended storage. Run a...
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    1989 OMC Ford 2.3L finding cylinder #1 on Mallory (YS621CV) Distributor Cap

    If you learn to use this method, you will NEVER have to screw around cranking, backfiring, and messing with the dist to get the thing to run, EXTREMELY important on say, an "new" engine start when you are already "busy." If you do NOT have a points dist, just rotate dist so trigger...
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    1989 OMC Ford 2.3L finding cylinder #1 on Mallory (YS621CV) Distributor Cap

    There are two ways (on most) engines to find TDC no1 ready to fire. If you happen to have the rocker covers off, bring up the marks and see if no1 valves are closed. If not rotate the crank 1 turn and you will be there The most popular method is to remove the no1 plug, and "bump" the...
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    High voltage issue causing alarms and equipment malfuncions

    This is a common problem on old Mopars and on them is caused (partly) because the power/ IGN wire for the regulator is also the "sense" wire. Generally, VR's MUST see same potential at the case as battery NEG and MUST see no voltage drop from the battery--through the harness path--to...
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    1978 35hp fuel problems

    Could be several things in no order 1...Defective pump 2...More likely dirt/ debri which was knocked loose when you replaced pump 3....Crack in hose/ loose fitting admitting air on suction side I would forget "don't want to touch." The big two things affecting your adjustment is...
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    1963 johnson 40 hp electric

    I take issue with "testing caps with an ohmeter." The fact is, trying to test caps with an ohmeter tells you NOTHING, unless they are so bad that the leakage or short actually shows up on the ohmeter. What you are trying to determine is, "are they actually good?" There is one...
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    Easy fix for voltage drop(?)

    You can ONLY find voltage drop by one or two methods or maybe a combination of methods. First, realize that voltage drop is cause by CURRENT FLOW, and gets worse as current increases. It can be ANYWHERE.......in a connector, where the two halves of the connector "mate," inside...
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    Neighbor that hasn't returned tools

    ?????????????You have a "friend" that is "close" enough to loan tools to, valuable enough that you are wanting them back, and you don't know his address? Those tools are gone. Kiss them goodby, and this guy is not a friend. He is "not" "no longer" your friend, he is, was, in...
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    Kill switch problem (Johnson 1984 50hp)

    These things change and I don't have experience with the newer ones. So take this as it is.... I have one twin around 76? and the kill circuit grounds like the old mags. On that one the CABLE WAS WET going up front. This cable came out of a boat I bought and had been routed...
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    Evinrude family heirloom

    What these girls typically need First store them VERTICALLY. This is because the least few drops of water in the exhaust system can run back into the engine when stored horizontally and rust things up......the crank/ rod bearings, piston rings and cylinder walls Before you go...
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    How would you do this transom?

    I've junked something like 7 or 8 small boats (14-18ft) in the last 3-4 years that I got cheap or free, it's ALWAYS the same issues...... Hull may be damaged / delaminated or abraided by rocks or other bottom obstacles or and beaching Hull stringers are rotten, and foam is...
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    1947 Sea King 2 stroke 5hp

    This is correct, because you are setting the points relative to the mag plate, which moves. YOU CAN check total timing if you know what that figure would be, but I don't. This would be with the mag plate full against the stop
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    Horrible customer service

    In these days of supply chain issues I say "cut them some slack." When I was a kid, first interested in electronics (early-mid 60's) I'd laborously fill out an order to Burstein-Appleby, or Lafayette, or Allied, MAIL it it, and WAIT --about a month--and sometimes, "part" of the...
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    ignition problem??

    And remember that on boats you have to figure the ENTIRE length, AKA ground/ negative return, and if there's a common return, other active circuits are affected. Also wire sizing charts for house/ AC power are different than circuits where less drop might still affect the...
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    Firing up remote control Johnson big twin 40 ( super Seahorse )

    I've got two carbs off 40's that had the "no high speed needle" AKA fixed jets that I have yet to fix. The passages are difficult to get to as they turn a corner down in the bowl. I "fixed" one outboard by installing an earlier 35hp lower bowl and needle jet
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    1969 55hp Johnson

    Yes, how good is the spark? Condition of plugs? Compression will stop plugs from firing if they are denegrated, AKA contaminated insulators I would get larger/ charged battery. Are you sure what you are spraying in is actually gas and IS IT fresh? Only other thing I can...
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    Ward Sea King Service Manual

    Set them by timing. You can set them by gap (.020 INCHES, not metric) but that does not guarantee the timing is correct. There will be timing marks on the flywheel somewhere, and there are two marks on the front of the magneto plate. You set them so that as you slowly rotate...
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    Firing up remote control Johnson big twin 40 ( super Seahorse )

    Is it possible the needle/ seat/ float has stuck? I've had problems with that. Part of that may be due to the float / pivot which is sort of "riveted" to the cork float. They get loose and may bind in the bowl. Pulling the drain tells you if it's empty. If it has fuel there and...
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    Ward Sea King Service Manual

    If you need a parts list I MAY have one I can photo and send you. You find manuals on ebay regularly, but it's a crap shoot if "the correct one" is listed. Some parts on those are different than JohnnyRude but many are the same.
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    Why would the electrode on a spark plug get smashed

    You need to find out what REACH plugs are designed for that engine, IE go to the manufactuer's original info, shop manual, owners manual, wherever is specifies a plug, and then interchange that to what you have. I have lost all track of most plug numbering systems, because...
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