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    Weird situation, looking for advice/how to repair

    Motor runs great with the recoil starter. Ran it down at the the river yesterday. I was unsure on bend back vs replace the lower cowling. Sounds like both options would be ok. I’ll apply some heat see what happens and replace if needed. It’s already broke, so I’m not worried about making it worse
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    Weird situation, looking for advice/how to repair

    It landed port side. Busting the idle speed control
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    Weird situation, looking for advice/how to repair

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    Weird situation, looking for advice/how to repair

    I finally found my keeper motor on Sunday. 1980 long shaft Johnson 15 hp. Went and looked at it and it fired up on the first use of the electric starter. Pumped water beautifully, purred like a kitten, shifted smoothly, compression 105/105, clean gear lube. I’ve been looking for awhile and to...
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    Evinrude 4hp 2 cylinder 2 stroke cooling question

    I’ve since cut one of my stands down to better accommodate short shaft motors. I made both of these stand before I’d ever owned a short shaft. I am very guilty of not having my impellers deep enough in the water.
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    Evinrude 4hp 2 cylinder 2 stroke cooling question

    I’ve since cut one of my stands down to better accommodate short shaft motors. I made both of these stand before I’d ever owned a short shaft. I am very guilty of not having my impellers deep enough in the water.
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    Evinrude 4hp 2 cylinder 2 stroke cooling question

    Here’s how it looks
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    1971 Evinrude fisherman, not pumping water

    Gravity and water nearly an hour and here we are. Thrilled
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    1971 Evinrude fisherman, not pumping water

    And….fixed! She’s pumping really well. I ran water from the thermostat hole down the brass hose for quite a while and it seems to have cleaned whatever was in there out. She’s in great shape now. Thanks to everyone for all the help!
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    1971 Evinrude fisherman, not pumping water

    I’m an RN so I think if everything in medical terms it seems
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    1971 Evinrude fisherman, not pumping water

    I can’t see it being anything other than a blockage. My motor is having a heart attack 🥲
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    1971 Evinrude fisherman, not pumping water

    I looked at it earlier. It looks impeccable from where the lower unit is off. Would it be obvious if it was melted or do I need to take the power head off?
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    1971 Evinrude fisherman, not pumping water

    Just checked. Gear lube looks as good as when i installed it
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    1971 Evinrude fisherman, not pumping water

    Motor is like covered in grease too. This is fresh from today
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    1971 Evinrude fisherman, not pumping water

    I bought this motor as parts motor. It had good compression and turned over nicely, so I wanted to make it a runner. I bought a second parts motor for the recoil and put motor #2s lower unit on motor #1 thinking both of them can’t need new seals.
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    1971 Evinrude fisherman, not pumping water

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    1971 Evinrude fisherman, not pumping water

    I’ve not touched the power head. If I shoot water with my garden hose through the brass hose it will come out the hole on the back of the gear case assembly where the motor pees water. Would this happen at all of the wrong gasket is on the ph?
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    1971 Evinrude fisherman, not pumping water

    I still can’t get this thing to pump water. I ran my impeller in a bucket with a drill. Pumps good. I took the thermostat out of the motor and ran it for a minute still not pumping water. I ran a hose through the brass tube and I get water from the brass tube to out the back where it pees. That...
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    1971 Evinrude fisherman, not pumping water

    I swapped lower units and I swapped the recoil starter assembly. I also rebuilt the carburetor. Motor starts and runs well. Still not pumping water even in the new lower unit. I pulled water pump out of the other one in hopes it was the LU, somehow this impeller is just toast. New one coming...
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    Opinions on 1977 mercury thunderbolt110 9.8 hp

    Haha! Exactly what I suspected
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