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    oil mixture

    1979 Evinrure 85hp 85999R I been noticing my plugs are getting fouled with oil. I use a mixture of 50:1 like the book says. Seems like it might be to much oil though. Will it hurt to drop to 40:1 ?
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    will not idle runs great wide open

    1979 Evinrude 85hp 85999R My boat has sat for 9 months. Went to take it out today. Had to manualy choke it and hold throttle open to start it. FInally got it running. Ran great wide open 5,100 rpms 41 mph. Ran this way for 15 minutes Stopped and it would not restart. SOmetime it will kick over...
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    Wheels stuck

    Looking to replace the bearings and seals on my trailer. Problem is I can not get the wheels off. THey are stuck. I wiggled them real hard and been hitting them on the back with a rubber mallet hard and they will not budge. Any suggestions?
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    water out pee hole on muffs

    1979 Evinrude 85hp 85999R Put the muffs on and when I turned the water on, water came out steady through the pee hole and the right exhaust hole with out starting the motor. IS this normal? It never did that before until after the motor ws running.
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    spark test results

    1979 Evinrude 85hp 85999R Going though trouble shooting and discovered this If I keep all 4 plugs in remove the wires and hook them up to the spark plug tester I got good spark all 4, when I remove all 4 plugs and redo the test I once again loose spark on bottem left good spark other 3 any...
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    loosing spark same cylinder

    1979 Evinrude 85 hp 85999R THe same cylinder bottom left keeps loosing spark or getting very weak spark. 4th new coil on this same cylinder. Works great for a little bit then after a long run engine starts running crappy. Test spark and none or weak just that one. Same sympton past 4 times...
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    Will not start

    1979 Evinrude 85hp 85999R was running great started right up ect. Then I got stranded, it ran out of gas. A week later. All I did since then put gas in and rebuilt starter. Now when I go to crank it, it just turns over sprays a mist of water out the 2 holes on back, makes a loud pop, sounds...
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    Battery hook up help

    1979 Evinrude 85hp 85999R Disconnected battery and gotten a new one. Dumb self didn't pay attention to the cables. Put new battery in now my areator doesn't work, the tac gas gauge and the lighting on those 2 guages don't work. All 3 were working perfect until I changed batteries. Could I...
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    Nut on starter

    1979 Evinrude 85hp 85999R I am rebuilding my starter. Are there any tricks to getting the nut off that holds the bendix on? I can not get it to budge. Also I read that the nut can not be re-used is this true?
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    starter rebuild

    1979 Evinrude 85hp 85999R I am looking at rebuilding my starter. Does anyone know if a rebuild kit is avaible and if so what the correct part number would be? ALso the number for the bendix. Hoping this will work as a new one is expensive.
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    both turn signals come on

    Trailer Lights were working like they should. Tonight when I put on the blinker both sides blink. Brake lights work fine.
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    just quits at wot

    1979 Evinrude 85hp 85999r Took the boat out sounded real good put in wot planed great ran great for about 100 yars then just quit. Started right back up same thing wot 100 yards quit. Tried to recrank and the starter would not engage. Touched the starter and it was very hot, it actually burned...
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    gear oil leaking

    1979 Evinrude 85hp 85999R Noticed gear oil leaking out the bottom of the foot behind the prob assy. I am guessing a seal got cut when I had the fishing line all tangled up around the shaft. Anyone know what is involved to change out this seal?
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    Trouble again

    1979 Evinrude 85hp 85999R Boat has been running great for the past month. Was running 4800 rpm wot around 42mph. Took it out yesterday and when putting in full throttle to take off then engine would rev real high then take off after about 10 seconds or so. Now at full throttle it reads...
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    Help boat leak fiberglass

    Had the boat out yesterday and noticed my feet was getting wet. Water was coming in. Got the boat home and found the problem. See pic. Anychance this could be fixed or is the boat now junk?
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    Nav lights wiring

    Not sure what forum this should be in none of my navigation lights work. THe wiring is a mess in the boat. I see there is a grey wire and black wire going to the lights. I have a toggle switch that operates them. I am going to just run new wires. Front and rear. Can anyone tell me where the...
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    double firing power pack?

    Took my boat to a repair shop this morning due to problem in another post. Turned out Flywheel key ws sheared.' THey called to tell me they had to replace one of the power packs because it was double firing and that was the cause of it running rough. Is there such a thing as a double firing...
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    Hit rock runs rough now

    1979 Evinrude 85hp 85999R Took out the boat today as I was idleing away from the ramp the prop hit a rock. Motor quit. It will re-crank with the fast idle lever up. It now runs real rough. Has a huge miss in it. Will not run at all now at idle or in gear it just misses and cuts off. Also...
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    Bad power pack?

    1979 85hp Evinrude 85999R Took boat out this morning. Seemed to be running wierd. I couldn't get it to plane at all. THe rpms would climb to 4800 rpm but the boat just didn't seem to move, 30 mph was the fastest it would go. Got it home and I have no spark on the left side at all. THe right...
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    spark problem

    1979 85hp 85999R Was having problems with the spark on the top left plug. Took it to a shop and they fixed something called the trigger wire, said it was coroded so they cleaned it up and ran great for a while. Now the spark in the same plug is gone again. It seems to come and go, Just that...
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