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    115 6c TOP piston cylinder issue

    Milling machine and boring bar is the way to do them.-----Not that hard.
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    115 6c TOP piston cylinder issue

    Hard to find because there is very little call for this kind of work.
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    125 HP fails to rev up

    Water does not get near the piston from this leak!----Replace this gasket and test run.---Simple job.
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    125 HP fails to rev up

    Why do you doubt this?-----There is no cylinder head that you can remove !!-----Pistons go into a blind hole from the other end.-----The block and the dome with the plugs are ALUMINUM.----Cast iron sleeves are inserted in the cylinders.
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    125 HP fails to rev up

    It is only a water jacket cover.---=-It is NOT a typical cylinder head.----The plugs are NOT threaded into the water jacket cover !
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    115 6c TOP piston cylinder issue

    Measure the bores or consult a machine shop.-----Or use a ring from a good piston and check end gap in 3 and 6.
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    1987 johnson 50hp vro keeps blowing 4 amp fuse

    It is a 20 amp fuse in there.
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    Replacing water pump impeller for first time

    Forward gear releases the reverse lock , so motor can be tilted up.
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    115 6c TOP piston cylinder issue

    These newer inlines use " cracked rods " and no need for fancy ring compressors.---Remove and install pistons one at a time.-----Flywheel and hub are easy to remove.----Careful / take time to get rod caps installed correctly.----They only go one way.
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    1956 Johnson FD-10 15hp.

    Tighten the packing nuts so needles do not move.
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    89 Yamaha 70hp two stroke opinion

    And extra smoke on start-up is also normal and a good sign on a 2 stroke !------Lubrication on 2 strokes is not well understood.
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    89 Yamaha 70hp two stroke opinion

    ^--Nonsense----You can not damage a 2 stroke by running fuel out of the carburetors.
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    89 Yamaha 70hp two stroke opinion

    Run the carburetors empty.----No such thing as damaging the motor ( lean ) in doing that !!
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    J90 MLCRD '84 90 hp crossflow. Reed spacer question. 2 pics

    That would be an 84 model I believe.
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    1995 70 HP Force very hard to start

    Test operation of the enricher.----Give motor some throttle when cranking it over.----Do not start adjusting / fiddling with linkages !
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    125 HP fails to rev up

    #23 only.----If 22 is damaged from corrosion , replace it too.
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    125 HP fails to rev up

    Not the diaphragm.-----Replace water jacket gasket.----Easy on a fresh water motor.
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    125 HP fails to rev up

    There is no " head gasket " on your motor.----Perhaps the water jacket might be leaking.-----Not clear in the video.-----Water appears to be streaming from poppit valve vent.
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    Replacing water pump impeller for first time

    Leave it in forward when you take the lower unit off.----Replace impeller.---Slide it back together.----Have an assistant rotate flywheel to engage driveshaft splines.----Easy project.
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    125 HP fails to rev up

    Looks like a diaphragm ($11.79 ) on poppit valve is ruptured. Easy fix.
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