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    Cleaning starter

    I have my starter apart. What should I use to clean it? Meaning the body inside and out. Also cleaning the shaft inside that is metal, the brushes, and springs. Should I soak all this? Or maybe just certain parts of it. If so, with what?
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    Carb/High RPM

    I have a 1971 55HP Chrysler. It is 2 cylinders and 1 carb. I finally got the head right. (I hope) No water leaking from plugs, cylinders are dry after running. But now, when started the engine revs very high and with the throttle I could not lower it. I tried manually and it was already low...
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    check firing?

    What is the easiest, safest way to check if a cylinder, coil or plug is firing?
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    thump/lurch

    1971 55HP Chrysler. When started (in neutral) the engine will thump and lurch every 4-5 seconds. Has not been in water yet. I use a garbage can filled with water to test run the motor in. Sounds like metal or something is going to break. I put it in forward gear and it stopped. Back in neutral...
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    alternator charging?

    When I last started the engine, yesterday I let if run 10 minutes. Then I started it maybe 7,8 times only letting it run a couple of minutes each time during the afternoon. I really did not let it charge, except when it ran for 10 minutes. I know thats not much. but the battery needed to be...
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    Head and plate gasket

    I have a 1971 55HP Chrysler Model 557HC serial 3188. I recently put on the head and put torque the gasket wrong. I also found out that the plate over the gasket had 2 bolts near the plug to prevent leak from this area. Bolts were broke off and it leaked. I am waiting via express mail to receive...
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    Alternator

    I have a 1971 55HP Chrysler. Model 557HC Serial 3188. Where is the alternator located? How can I test it?
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    bendix gear/starter

    On the starter at top. You have the nut, then spring, then a washer of sort, then the gear that turns flywheel, then another gear under, with angled teeth that the gear that turns flywheel rotates on and rides up to flywheel. I see these parts in my parts manual. On my actual starter I do not...
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    Fuel coming from carb

    I have a 1971 55HP chrysler. with the engine running. On the starboard side, If you picture center of fuel bowl, go straight up to top of carb, facing starboard there is a small hole. With engine running fuel bubbles out of this small hole. How do I fix this?
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    Water coming from spark plug

    I have a 1971 55HP Chrysler. When I first got this motor it did not run. The head where the top plug goes in was stripped. I had it rethreaded. I put on a new head gasket and the gasket to the plate that goes over the head. When I did this I knew nothing about torching or sequence in tightenning...
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    motor thumps

    I have a 1971 55HP Chrysler. Model 557HC serial 3188. Thanks to you guys I have the LU on sealed and with a new impeller. My new problem is. I just started it and the water cirulates fine. But while running about every 4 seconds or so the motor will knock. I sounds like a metal knock. The motor...
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    telltale

    I read the above post on telltales. Still I am confused. Can I add a telltale to my Chrysler 1971 55HP motor. On the top of the head is a post. with a wire attached. I looked at my parts manual and it says this is a thermostat switch with the thermostat wire. The wire is orange and runs to the...
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    Propeller shaft bearing cage

    The last part put on to seal the LU that the prop goes on after. It has 2 seals. An O ring and an inner seal.Should I put heavy grease on both or just lube it with LU oil before I put it on?
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    Propeller 10X11

    My prop has 10X11 etched in it. What does the numbers mean?
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    Tach/still confused and speedometer

    Need help wiring my tach. I have a 1971 Chrysler 55 HP outboard. This is how everthing looks now. The white wire coming from the tach was connected to the white wire from the harness with all the wires that come from the engine. But the black wire was not. MY ignition switch does have 2 m...
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    Propeller

    I have a 1971 Chrysler 55HP outboard. One blade on the propeller, well its tip is slightly bent back. Can this be fixed? Can I just hammer it back? It is not that bad at all. Well, I quess you are thinking another dumb question, but I am thinking another lesson learned. Thanks
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    Lu Oil

    Will have LU together this weekend. What LU oil do I use. My Chrysler manual says Chrysler LU oil. But not available. Can I use Mercury, or what brand do you suggest?
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    Tach

    I have a 1971 Chrysler 55hp. What wires do I connect to a tach? There is a tach on the boat with a black and white wire but not hooked up. Also if one wire is a ground then what do I ground it too?
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    Impeller/driveshaft seals

    Do I need to put grease on the drive shaft seals above and below water pump housing? Where the seal actually contacts the drive shaft. Also do I need to put any type of sealant or grease on the Inlet waterline seal (that attaches to the water pump housing) This is the seal that the water...
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    Impeller

    I have a 1971 Chrysler 55HP. I am sealing the LU. I received my impeller. It seems that I would have to bend the impeller wings to fit the housing over it. Is this normal or do I have the wrong Impeller? Should the housing fit over the impeller without having to bend the wings. If I dont bend...
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