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    Inside prop damage

    Not sure of all proper terms, but you will know what I mean. Mercury 225, 2001, EFI, prop free spinning when in gear , thought broken transmission rod. We took off lower unit and then prop to find the damage is actually inside rear of prop. Everything else good. The gear spindal inside prop...
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    40 hp Evinrude not "peeing"

    New problem haven't encountered before, just purchased boat with 40hp evinrude, started with muffs first time, starts, runs great. no water ever came out of hose , "pee" hose. Yet water was circulating , came out lower hole above lower unit in front, motor never got warm, ran for a few minutes...
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    How to get Model Number on 40 hp Evinrude

    I have just purchased a nice little 14' boat with a 40 HP Evinrude. There is no ID plate on the engine, no Model/Serial number. Is there anyway to ID the model number/year?
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    Power tilt/trim

    Does a tilt/trim motor actually reverse to switch directions; have Mercury 225, will come up but not down, yet can here motor running when switch in down position. Sounds more like a loud hum than when the motor engages and motor tilts.
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    1999 Mercury 225 efi problems

    Motor running good then generator belt broke right at dock, replaced belt and now seem to be getting no power to the starter. Turn key and nothing. Has to be related to the belt breaking, but don't know how. Any suggestions what to check?
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    1983 25hp won't start

    Really have a stubborn problem. 25 red white blue series ran great until just stopped 100 yards off dock. Put new water pump in and it gets gas, spark, won't start. Well, will once in. 10 tries with starter spray. Once started, will run for several minutes, then quits, may won't start again...
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    Engine reving

    Think I posted this in wrong place, please forgive me. 225 Mercury efi 1999 What would cause throttle to Rev full when started? I recently replaced throttle cable, then sprayed degreaser on engine followed by wd 40. Obviously something sticking but not cable as tried with cable off. Have...
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    1999 Mercury 225 efi throttle issue

    Have Proline 25', twin 225's. Out Saturday and one engine when restarted, raced full throttle. Was turned off immediately. Got home and with throttle cable off, muffs on, started and raced again so turned off immediately. What could cause this engine to be racing so extremely fast when started.
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    1995 Evinrude 50hp problem running under load

    Need suggestions, have done and tested all I know, boat ran fine until a few weeks ago, like I've read other's here with similar problems, starts fine, runs fine with muffs, put in the water, runs maybe half throttle speed. have rebuilt carbs, checked spark, compression great. I even rebuilt...
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    50hp evinrude shift rod tip bolt

    lost this bolt, can someone tell me the size, thread of this bolt
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    1995 Evinrude Lower Unit problem

    First, Please be gentle, I am new and don't pretend to know much. I removed the 5 bolts to drop lower unit to check for sand, trash, as suggested by someone I shouldn't have listened to. Lower unit dropped about 3 inches, I looked and saw it was clean, bolted it back in place. Now engine will...
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    1997 9.9 Gamefisher

    Just curious who made this motor.
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