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    40hp shearing flywheel keys?

    So honestly. This is a 100$ engine. Should I just red loctite the flywheel taper and the nut? I won't be dropping any real money into this engine for any reason past this flywheel issue. And If ever an issue come up bad enough to need the flywheel removed again Im just not gonna bother and get...
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    40hp shearing flywheel keys?

    Yeah that's not the one from the parts breakdown for this engine, But I could switch to it.
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    40hp shearing flywheel keys?

    I'm not well versed on loctite. Which color? And from what I find the engine does just use a regular nut
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    40hp shearing flywheel keys?

    Wait the crank nut is supposed to have nylon? Because the one on it is just a plain plain nut. Nothing special about it.
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    40hp shearing flywheel keys?

    Yeah I'm probably gonna have to ship in a key. Neither local shop has got back to me about wether they have one or not. And the hardware store key didn't fit snuggly in the crank so I doubt it would do anything but shear again
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    40hp shearing flywheel keys?

    Well I did the lapping process and this is the results of 3 applications of compound. Cleaning everything up in between. Think this will do? Or should I be lapping it more? Can you lap too much?
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    40hp shearing flywheel keys?

    How crucial is the new nut? Is it for the same reason you replace head bolts?
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    Has anyone actually seen ethenol ruin anything?

    Cool to see a few people sharing my experience. For the most part I do end up using the fuel fast enough to keep it fresh. But I have let it set for long periods in the winter with the same tank of fuel. Just always surprised me it literally never gives me an issue. I have noticed one thing...
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    40hp shearing flywheel keys?

    I plan to give it a go tomorrow. Gonna source the factory key tomorrow and give the lapping a go. I know for a fact when I re assembled I wasn't anywhere near the torque spec so the second sheering that occured on me must have been atleast partially my fault. I was trying to find the correct...
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    40hp shearing flywheel keys?

    Can these be lapped back to each other or is that flywheel too far gone?
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    40hp shearing flywheel keys?

    And the crank itself is fine. Obviously the flywheel being aluminum and the crank steel all that happened was some aluminum got transferred. Cleans up good with alittle fine sand paper. The flywheel however the closer I look the more I believe it's gonna have to get replaced.
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    40hp shearing flywheel keys?

    So I went to tune my outboard today in a barrel because the idle just wasn't that great. It would pop back and die. So upon getting it fired up i was fighting getting it to sit there and idle long enough to tune. Well one of the times cranking the engine suddenly sounded like zero compression...
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    Has anyone actually seen ethenol ruin anything?

    So I've always heard the whole don't use ethenol it'll ruin everything story. Eat the gaskets. Kill the fuel line/primer. Etc. Countless times told to only use 100%. I've had my main boat for several years at this point. It's just running a 1993 70hp Johnson. Fresh rebuild when I got it...
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    Good substitute for carpet?

    Marine vinyl as in the same material used for the seats?
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    Good substitute for carpet?

    I've got a Lowe deck boat. And the main floor in the boat is fine. The carpet is actually held up decently. But the carpet on the upper wood deck is just dry rotted and tears right off. I don't really wanna go back with carpet on the upper deck. What's y'all's advice for a decent affordable...
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    Control box powers everything off key?

    Yeah I dove into the wiring on the boat for hours today. Testing and probing the multiple different wires. Some of the console was wired to the control key on with grey as the hot wires, some of It was using purple as a hot, and finally the switches all used a typical red for a hot that...
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    Control box powers everything off key?

    I've got a 2220 lowe deck boat. And previously it lookes like all the power was wired off the key on power from the control box. First concern is that sometimes when I check the power from that wire coming off the box Its 12v sometimes it reads 7-9v. That could be the crappy wiring that's been...
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    Asking alot of a little outboard. best prop pitch?

    So update. Took it out for the first test. I managed to adapt the Suzuki controls and cables pretty nicely. saved me some money there. and let me tell you I'm shocked at how well it actually did. Now mind you I was only expecting 10-15mph tops. Like best case scenario. But it actually not only...
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    Adapting Suzuki controls to Force(Merc).

    Figured it out. Its the green wire coming from the suzuki side. however when it passes through the pigtail it comes out the other side as the blue/brown for whatever reason. So now i have the kill safety features fully functional. Key switch can kill it. pulling the lanyard will kill it. and...
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    Asking alot of a little outboard. best prop pitch?

    Looks to be sitting okay to me?
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