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    silver sea trout question

    went out yesterday and caught a mess of silver seatrout. When we cleaned them up I noticed in some of them there were these yellow looking tubes in the meat. Are these ok or parisites anybody know?
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    85hp johnson tach question

    I have a 85hp 1978 johnson..Have never had a working tach..I bought a telflex tach and installed it..I set it for six pole as instructions said and cranked her up tach was working but it was saying I was running 2k..At idle. I ran it on muffs does this sound right or is it SNAFU like...
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    Is it safe to run my engine without a prop?

    I have a 1978 85hp johnson, and I would like to do a decarb at home. I have a drum that the lower end can fit into but its a little tight with the prop on. If I take the prop off and do the decarb will it hurt the engine? I cant do it on muffs its too loud..my neibors get upset..
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    1978 85hp Javilyn lower unit Question

    I drained the oil in my lower unit. A 1978 85hp javilyn. I noticed it was redish black and the oil I replaced it with is a yellowish color I put in 80w-90 high viscosity gl-5 is this right????? And on the fill plug the end of it is magnatized and I noticed a few very small shavings of metal on...
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    Link and Sink$$$$$?

    How much should a link and sink cost?I know its not spelled that way just thought it ironic sink some more money into it..
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    Fuel Starve?????

    I have a 1978 85hp johnson that I just got ran it and when I went to full throtle the engine would go at a low rpm and then at once pick up and fly then when I would drop it back down it would do the same no middle rpm either slow or fast..Now me knowing virtuly nothing about outboards I had a...
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    1978 85hp johnson tach question

    I have a 78 85hp v4 javlyn outboard and on my boat a 73 larson I have a omc tach that came with the boat..I dont know if it works but Id like to hook it up to my motor but I dont know were to start..The tach is currently hooked up through dash and fuse looks good and theres one wire going back...
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    93 of 87 octane???

    I had a mech tell me that he always used 93 octane gas in his outboards..He said the reason being that 93 oct actually burns at a lower temp thus keeping engine cooler..Is this true?
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    93 of 87 octane???

    I had a mech tell me that he always used 93 octane gas in his outboards..He said the reason being that 93 oct actually burns at a lower temp thus keeping engine cooler..Is this true?
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    1978 85 hp !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I have a 78 v4 85hp javalyn took it out for the first time yesterday and it ran fine but I dont know much about these engines. When I would put throtle all the way down the motor would run for a couple of seconds at low rpms then all the sudden it would just start to pick up rpms and run like a...
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    2000 jeep wiring help?? please

    I put in an aftermarket hitch today and am now trying to wire the lights in..The wiring on my chiltins manual is not what I have at the taillight I put a tester on the plug but when you pull the plug on the light it kills the power to it so I dont know how to find wich are the right wires to...
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    85hp 1978 johnson and a 1973 larson boat??

    I have a 1973 16 foot Larson trihull open bow boat..I bought it about a month ago and it was in ok shape but I decided to fix it up like new again so Ive completely redone the interior and am fairly happy with it..I took it out a week or so ago and it had a 50 hp 1973 evinrude lark on it..The...
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