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    1963 Evinrude won’t start

    Front coil goes to top cylinder and back coil goes to bottom cylinder
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    1963 Evinrude won’t start

    I checked th
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    1963 Evinrude won’t start

    Hp is 5.5. I don’t have a spark tester that can jump a gap. The only one I could find with decent reviews is $125
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    1963 Evinrude won’t start

    Hp is 5.5. I don’t have a spark tester that can jump a gap. The one I could find with decent reviews is $125 from sierra (recommendation on cheaper alternative?) I do have an inline one it lights up and I did put plug up against bolt and had blue spark. I did double check wires. Front coil...
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    1963 Evinrude won’t start

    I found a beautiful 1963 Evinrude on marketplace that I can’t get started. I cleaned the carburetor which already looked pristine, motor has spark and I’ve run fresh gas through it. I sanded and set the points and put brand new gas on motor. I can get it to cough or bark. I sprayed ether in the...
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    Coil alternatives? 300-850899T.

    My buddy has a little force 5 hp motor that needs a new coil. The cheapest one he’s found is $120 on eBay and there arn’t exactly parts motors galore for this like a merc or omc motor would have. Coil part number is 300-850899T. Is there a cheaper alternative for this? thanks in advance!
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    Tons of power in bucket, weak on water

    I got this fixed today. Luckily really easy fix and I actually caused the problem unknowingly. I put a zip tie around the throttle linkage and the little red stopper on the recoil to keep that red stopper out of the way. Starting motor was super easy, getting it to throttle up impossible. I was...
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    Tons of power in bucket, weak on water

    I installed new spark plugs and throttle cam yesterday. Still having same problems. I’ve got spark in both cylinders although it might not be good spark only cheap auto store light bulb spark tester. Motor ran differently when I took boot off spark plug on both top and bottom. Neither cylinder...
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    Tons of power in bucket, weak on water

    1990 15 hp long shaft motor. It was previously running 17 mph wide open throttle pushing my Jon boat. I ran some questionable gas through it, and I was needing to completely rebuild carb so I went ahead and did that. Also new fuel lines, new fuel pump, new cam roller, impeller, gear lube etc. I...
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    Test for bad motor mount?

    My model is a 1990 15 hp Johnson.
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    Test for bad motor mount?

    Is there a way to test to see if one of my motor mounts are bad? I have a suspicion this maybe the case, but I wanted to check to see how to definitively tell. Thanks in advance.
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    Finally successful!

    I’ve been on the hunt for a higher hp motor for my Jon boat. I’ve been through a few motors without being able to get them started or running properly. I finally found success on my 1989 15 hp Johnson. It wasn’t pumping water and seemed to have a fuel problem, so I unclogged the tail tell and...
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    Tips for putting lower unit back on?

    I’ve been tinkering with outboards the last 6 months or so. I’ve owned 10 or so and have changed out the water pump in nearly all of them. The one job I struggle immensely with is getting is lower units back on. This has been for 4, 6. 9.9, 15, and 25 hp motors. I can’t ever seem to get the...
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    How to get my throttle roller closer to the armature/flywheel?

    I think you make a great point! I did just buy a service manual, so I’ll read though that before doing anything more
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    What causes this?

    I’ll repost video
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    How to get my throttle roller closer to the armature/flywheel?

    Your right. I’m such a dunce fit this one. 😂 Sorry to even start this thread! Please delete
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    What causes this?

    I have one more question regarding my new motor. Working on it tonight I noticed lots of play from the cowling to the throttle. What causes this and what is repair (if necessary)? I’m hoping video helps explain it more than I can. 1990 15 hp for reference. Thanks in advance!
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    How to get my throttle roller closer to the armature/flywheel?

    I’ve finally got a running motor. I’ve been through a couple I was gonna out on my boat I had to move on from because I could not get them to start. First let me apologize if my vocabulary is off titling parts. 1990 15 hp motor. I got it to start finally increasing the throttle with my finger...
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    Recoil repair

    Got the spring pinion put back into place. Easy fix. Next thing is my recoil is sticking and not allowing the rope to return freely. Does this mean probably needs a good cleaning?
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    Recoil repair

    I have a 1990 15 hp and I wanted some help ordering the correct part for my recoil. My order recoil pulls freely but won’t go up. What do I need to order to repair this? Thanks in advance and have a great day
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