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    Engine Only Firing on One Clynder??? Help!

    Greetings, this is in reference to my 1959 Evinrunde Lark 35 HP. I was just using the boat for a good run yesterday and after a few miles of wide open she started to loose power and wouldn't accept anything over 1/3 throttle. I had to limp it back to the dock on one clynder - I hope that...
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    Wiring an Old Boat and Engine (1959)

    Greetings, I have an 1961 14' Sea-Maid with a 1959 Envirude Lark 35HP. I want to redue (well start from scratch) the wiring for the lights (bow, stern, and compass) and wire up a fish finder. I want to wire the 2 lights and the lighted compass on a single switch and I'd like to hard wire...
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    Oil leaking from Engine head on a 1959 Envirude Lark 35HP

    Greetings, After my last outing, during my spray down, I noticed some oil coming off of the main cylnder heads (see arrows)... It appears to coming out of the valves of some kind. I mix the gas:oil at 24:1 and I've been using 87 octane gas... There is not alot of oil, but enough to spark...
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    Running a 1959 Evinrude Lark in Salt Water ???

    Greetings, I have a the above motor (35HP) and it's been a fresh water engine it's whole life. It runs great, but I was wondering what precautions I should take running it now in salt water. Also, they don't seem to make earmuffs that fit the engine to 'rinse' it out. I was wondering if...
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    1959 Evinrude Lark Pivot Pin???

    So I was replacing the LU oil (which had a lot of water in it so now I'm going to get a seal kit to replace everything), but apparently I confused what I thought was the drain screw with the pivot pin. The worst part was the round hex bolt was stripped so I drilled it out and was very confused...
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    Premium or Regular Gas

    I have a 1959 35HP Evinrude Lark that I've been working on. I hope to get her running this weekend and I was wondering if you guys recommend the reg gas or if you use premium gas? I always use prem. in my snowmobile, but I'm not sure if I should with the boat? Thanks. - Mike
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    1960s 35 hp envirude lark

    Greetings, this is my first (and I'm sure not my last) post on I-boats and from what I can see it is a great and very helpful sight! Anyway on the questions... I recently purchased a small alum boat with a 1960 (I think) 35 HP Lark OB engine serial #35012-01513. It is a manual shift, electric...
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