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    de-carb question

    Guys,<br /><br />I couldn't find seafoam in this neck of the woods. I'll drive into town if need be, but thought I'd ask if just plain carb cleaner (berryman's to be precise) in place of would work? I pulled my plugs and I definitely have hard, black, carbon on them.<br /><br />Thanks
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    which plugs for my '65 40 hp?

    The plugs in it are NGK ... I seem to remember L77J4 Champion as the right one? not sure they even make those anymore. Also .. anyone know the gap? The motor runs fine through the ignition timing advance, but that last 1/3 of throttle when just the throttle plate is moving, it either sort of...
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    instead of permatex

    Does anyone remember a black tar-like stuff you could get from OMC that was used to help seal lower units? It was gooey and stuck to everything, but you sure could seal up anything. It was many years ago, but I seem to remember something we used instead of permatex around the o-rings
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    re-sealing a 1965 40 hp selectric

    My lower unit oil is emulsified, and I need to reseal it. It is a 1965 40 hp selectric. It's been awhile since I've had one apart, but my recollection was it was similar to the manual in that there is a prop shaft and drive shaft seal, an o-ring where the prop shaft housing meets the drive...
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    1965 johnson 40 hp won't charge

    I just bought a 1958 14' Texas Maid with a 1965 40hp engine. I have two questions:<br /><br />The engine is not charging the battery. From what I think I see, it has a belt-driven generator, as opposed to an alternator since there seem to be only two wires connected (no field). I pulled the...
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