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    Starter screaching, 170 Merc

    Hi, I have the infamous 170 Merc. She started up pretty hard first time this season, but ran fine for about 20 min. Then I brought her in. Took the boat out again a few days later and it screached horribly the first time I turned the starter. It did start and seemed to run fine, with no obvious...
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    Older Ski Nautique's reliable boats?

    After many troubles with a somewhat older outboard and then inboard/outboard boat, I'm wondering if I could get some advice here on inboard direct drives. I have a friend who has a 70's model Ski Nautique, who's been telling me he finds it much better value to have an older direct drive like...
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    Merc 170 Inboard or OMC 140 Outboard? Any good?

    I bought a 1986 18' Bluewater with a 470 i/0 motor last summer. The engine looks like it is in good shape, low hours, but there were several problems the dealer promised to fix. It's taken them till now, but they finally got everything fixed (new water pump, distributor, control arm, carb...
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    1973 Evinrude/Johnson 135 hp parting out.

    Whoa Ted. No solicitation to sale or buy allowed on these forums. If you have something to sell, please use the classified section of iboats. Ted
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    Mercruiser 170/470 manual. Is this the right one?

    Hi! I'm hoping you can help me figure out if this is the correct manual for my engine. I have a 1986 Bluewater with a Mercruiser 170 which is a 470 series motor. Fresh water cooled etc. I want to get the original and correct owners and service manual for it. Here's the link I found...
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    What do I need to know about new boat?

    Hi! I've been lurking in the Evinrude outboard forums for several years trying to iron out my isssues with my previous hole in the water. Now, I have a 1986 Bluewater I/O with a 170 Merc 4 cylinder. This boat has a fresh water cooling system. Since I'm totally new to the I/O side of things, I'm...
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    Gutless wonder?

    Hi all! I have a 1973 Rienell boat (17' trihull) that had a 1973 135hp Evinrude on it. The 'rude died, and I replaced it with a "older" maybe 69? mercury 1100 outboard (110hp). The Mercury performs terrible on my boat. It takes forever to plane, can't pull a skier, is very slow etc. However, it...
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    No forward gear :(

    Hi! I have a 135hp 1973 Evinrude. I just lost the forward gear, but reverse works just fine. Any ideas what might be the problem? It sounded like something slipped a couple times, then felt like it was trying to catch, but just not quite making it into gear. I can go forward slowly, but can...
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    Lower unit slipping?

    I have a 1973 135hp evinrude.<br /><br />Uh oh! I have a new problem with my lower unit after taking out the boat yesterday! Was going along the lake at about 25mph and all of a sudden I lost drive power and the motor revved way up. I found that I could just barely creep along at low throttle...
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    Gaskets, seals for overhaul

    Hi everyone!<br /><br />I've got a 135hp Evinrude v4 crossflow that I'm planning to overhaul. My block needs to be bored, but instead of spending the money for that, I'm moving over to a good block I came across. So, as I move all my parts over to the new block, I need to know what seals and...
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    Gasket kit for rebuild?

    Hi everyone!<br /><br />I got an extra motor for my 1973 135 Evinrude. It's mostly trash, but I stripped it down to the block, and the block itself is in good condition. My current running engine has really bad compression and will hardly idle at all (see previous posts from spring this year)...
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    1973 Lower Unit needed

    Hi! This time it's my lower unit! Seems the gears are shot. I'm haveing a really hard time finding replacement parts. I would like to get a used gear set but can't find it. Alternatively I'm looking for a used lower unit. I know someone has a working lower unit they salvaged from their toasted...
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    Pix of flamed? reeds! Is this normal?

    Hi again. On my 135hp 1973 Evinrude.<br /><br />Wrench tells me I have bad reeds, so I look into it. Here's what I found. Just one set of the reeds were damaged. They looked sprung, but when I took it apart this is what I saw! The metal is actually pushing the reed valve open! I can't imagine...
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    What is this gritty stuff in my cylinder head cover? PIX NOW!!

    Hello everyone. I have a 1973 135hp Evinrude.<br /><br />I took the cylinder heads off the other day to inspect the cylinders, and ordered new gaskets to put them back together with. In the process of taking the cylinder head off, I also took off the cylinder head cover. I noticed that this...
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    6200 rpm's on a 135hp???? Isn't that too high?

    My recently aquired 135hp 73 outboard (on a 73 rienell trihull) didn't have a functional tach. Recently I fixed it and was surprised to find that at WOT is 6200!<br /><br />Not only that, but I can barely push up to 35mph at that! Once I saw how high the rpm's were I was scared to have the motor...
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    Water Deflector, is there another name?

    I have a Evinrude 135hp 1973.<br /><br />I was told that I sould replace the water deflectors while I have the head off. However, I can't find anything about a water deflector in my service manual, and sierra can't help me either. Is there another name for this? Is there such a thing in my...
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    Photos of bad cylinder

    Here are the photo's I said I'd post. Please leave comments on the following background thread to help alleviate confusion:<br /> http://www.iboats.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=28;t=021631 <br /><br />Here are the photo's of the bad cylinder.<br /><br />...
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    Photo's of Scored Cylinder. What now?

    Yes! I finally got my boat back, and did a good decarb. It smoked a lot, but when it was done there was no appreciable difference in the compression test as compared with before the decarb. The motor still starts hard and doesn't want to idle.<br /><br />So, I now have the intake, carbs, and...
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    Proper lower unit oil for 1973 135hp

    The manuel says to use some special oil that I don't see in any shops around my area. However I picked up some Pnnzoil Marine High Viscosity Lower Unit Gear Lube. SAE 80w-90. API GL-5 performance.<br /><br />Will this work?<br /><br />Thanks
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    Parts from e-bay. Any thoughts?

    Background: http://www.iboats.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=28;t=021495 <br /><br />I have a 1973 135hp Evinrude. I've been told by my mechanic that my cylinders are scored and have some bad reed valves. While I have reason to believe that he's just guesssing, I'm also thinking...
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