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    1953 Evinrude 15hp 15012 water pump question

    good news... snow ?...hum..... 14C in Montreal today :-) :-)
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    1953 Evinrude 15hp 15012 water pump question

    btw.... see johnson service manual if you dont have it . you can print series of pages to PDF files for safe keeping Boatinfo - 1922-1964 Johnson Service Manual
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    1953 Evinrude 15hp 15012 water pump question

    see pic
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    1953 Evinrude 15hp 15012 water pump question

    "Checked the throttle plate. When the motor is at idle the throttle plate is closed. The plate only opens when the motors is in forward and the throttle is past "Fast" on the tiller handle." the plate should start to open when you cross START on the tiller if not you may to adjust he cam...
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    '89 Johnson 60HP overheating

    but did he inspect the water intake cavity below the impeller plate ? . Any accumulated silt would impeded incoming water flow into the pump impeller cavity of the pump.... just asking... my old Merc 50 had a loose grommet floating around in that cavity ....??? drove me nuts...
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    '89 Johnson 60HP overheating

    did not read all the post but...did you ever inspect the water intake cavity below the water pump ???
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    Nothing on key turn

    What a beaver tale..... we actually have pastry called Beaver tails up un Canada :-) and they get all chewed up themselves if you want a real revenge here is the recipe :-) beaver tail pastry recipe - Bing
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    1993 15 hp Johnson Stalling

    totally amazing at $140 hour.... imagine if he reallly worked on it . report back in Spring it would be nice to know if you got it purring
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    1993 15 hp Johnson Stalling

    also...see Leroy's on part 25 & 27 possible blockage in part 25 also ..reread your post #1... dealer adjusted the carb.... "the carb looked fine" but was the carb ever taken apart for a full soak and clean-up of all passages...then adjusted
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    4 HP Evinrude Water Pump

    just clean out the passages when reinstalling the pump cover
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    4 HP Evinrude Water Pump

    don'T forget...
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    1993 15 hp Johnson Stalling

    that $140/hr mechanic should have done all this but it is to late because he won't touch it after you have done some work on it.... anyhow...to late I am not to up on this model of carb mine are all older style. sucking fuel comes from the upstrokes on cylinders so either fuel is...
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    Break In or Breaking?

    oil is cheaper than powerheads....
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    1993 15 hp Johnson Stalling

    adjusting the idle could be as simple as adjusting the idle screw on the carb (fat slotted screw top left side of the carb) could be crud in the gas water etc... clogging the LS needle setting (unscrew it ... ... blow carb cleaner in the LS channel blow air reset the idle...
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    How to troubleshoot water in cylinder & lowered comp (or should I bother)?

    agree on post 7... changing the head gasket is not a big complicated job but it can become a nightmare venture if you snap headbolts . it involves simple unscrewing of the head bolts , removing (scrappingT the gasket away , cleaning the cyl. head surfaces (recommended.... polish it evenly by...
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    1993 15 hp Johnson Stalling

    original post is confusing where OP states ...I am not a mechanic yet ... I subsequently changed the head gasket, oil seals and installed a new gas pump.
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    1993 15 hp Johnson Stalling

    Sea rider... 27 year oldie ...? that is not old if it was taken care of... all my 50-60 year oldies picked up a for 50-100$ (cheaper than that head gasket job) work fine, purr all day long my favorit being my $50 9.5hp 9622a (mid 60s :-) )
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    1993 15 hp Johnson Stalling

    btw... I would ask that mechanic what his compression #s were after the $325 head gasket job , seal, gas pump job???? surely he retested compression #s to check out his work ???? you indicated not being a mechanic but just out of interest you may what to read the attached topics...
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    How to troubleshoot water in cylinder & lowered comp (or should I bother)?

    I would just run it with a decarb product or engine cleaner PSI might pick up some and you'll have a good troller .
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    Nothing on key turn

    the fact that 2 events are not occuring no selenoid click and no warning buzzer ....would normally indicate that a common problem is present .... that being the absence of 12V into the switch since . as per the diagram +12v goes to the B post and a quick voltage test should confirm...
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