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    Evinrude 6cyl lower unit swap

    My lower exploded yesterday, my motor is a 89 long shaft. I came across another lower but it was for a short shaft, is it as easy as swapping the drive shaft and the shift rod? Or is there alot more to it. Thanks for your help.
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    1975 mercury 110 9.8hp starting issues

    Hello All, I have been playing around with this motor and I have come to a stad still. I cannot get it to startor even turn over for that matter. I just put in a new carb and the plugs are seeing the fuel. I even tried a quick spray of either which served no purpose as the engine dident even...
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    1990 Rude 150 VRO skipping

    Hello All, Im back for another boating season. I am hoping someone may have a thought on what my issue may be. I have had this motor for a couple of years and it has always been flawless up until the end of the season last year. I got gas at a dock and thought water was my cause but I am now...
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    1971 125 Rude, pulse pack test?

    I have a 1971 evinrude 125HP. I am not getting spark on any of cylinders, there is only 1 coil that one lead of the pulse pack ties into, I am not getting anything from the coil which ties into the stator assembly. I swapped out coild with a nown good one and still nothing coming out from the...
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    Johnson S/N help

    This may be a dumb question but I aquired a 4cyl Johnson motor which was rebuilt, not sure what the year is because the plate is missing. Is there another way to figure out the year incase I need to buy parts for it, would it be stamped on the block somewhere? The motor itself is white (it was...
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    1977 115HP rude power head

    Well started to pull this motor down, I am wondering if anyone knows the trick to removing the cranckshaft cover? After pulling the whole front of the motor off including all of the reed blocks and bolts, the cover seems to be loose but will not pop. Do I have to remove the lower unit or the...
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    1984 Rude 115HP VRO overheating

    I have a 115HP rude that under the muffs overheats in about 5 minutes, there is a stead stream of water that is being pumped out and say every minute or so it will stop for a spit second and then spit strong again. Now the starnge thing is the water coming out alternates from hot to cold on and...
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    1973 115HP rude fuel issue?

    Hello all, You have been a big help to me so far and I was hoping that someone may have come across this issue that I am seeing. Bought this motor and been working on it a little at a time and I think I have the issue narroed down to a fuel problem. On this motor the comprssion on all 4 is...
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    1973 115HP evinrude questions

    Well in a nutshell, I bought a 1973 evinrude 115. As I like to work on motors it passes the time and I got a deal I could not refuse. I figured at the least I would use it as a parts motor. What strikes me odd is that the compression on all 4 cylinders is even but extrmely low. I know the...
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    VRO tank wiring question on a 1989 150 rude

    Hello all, Its that time of year again where I am trying to get things going. I purchased a new VRO tank complete for my motor, the question I have is where do the 2 wires from the tank get connected to under the hood? The old tank I removed last year and completely forgot where the wires went...
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    tilt/trim 1989 rude 150

    Well hello all. I have my first question of the year as I am trying to get an early start before the season begins. Here is my problem, last year at the end of the season everything worked fine, now this year I have 2 fresh batteries and the tilt/trim motor does not work. It worked the klast day...
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    Another issue with 88 150HP Rude

    Well last week the motor was bogging, pulled the high speed jets and wow great back to normal. Yesterday I was on the water and the motor started acting up, it was very hard to start to the point of almost draining both my batteries. once it started I can open it up and then about 2 minutes the...
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    Oil mixing questions

    Well I have a 1988 150hp rude that has the VRO disconnected. I have a 35 gallon fuel tank below deck. What I have been doing for a couple of trips is mixing the oil and gas in a 6 gallon tank then pouring it into the fill on the boat. This takes a long time to fill up 30+ gallons. I guess my...
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    1988 rude 150 bog

    well finally put the boat in and tested it under a load. the motor only goes to 3500 rms with a little bogging. if i were to floor it it takes off, then instantly bogs and wont go above 3500 RPM's. I noticed when i am at WOT and at 3500 and then i push the key in for the selonoid/primer the...
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    Missing Plate

    Well purchased a project boat. Its a 19' Sea-Pro CC. I have it registered as the Hull ID is still on the boat but the CG plate with the ratings was missing. I tried getting ahold of sea pro with no luck. Is there another way to find out about this? Thank you
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    Estimated gas usage on Rude

    I have a 1988 Evinrude 150. I was just wondering if anyone new what the estimated gas usage on this engine is? I have not had it in the water yet and I only hace a 33 gallon tank under the floor. Just wondering how long 33 gallons will go.
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    1988 150 rude skipping

    Well I posted about this motor before and got all the answers I needed. I just want to see if anyone has some input as to what may be causeing this. a quick rundow, I purchased this motor a couple of weeks ago, it was sitting on the side of the persons house for over a year uncovered. I cheked...
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    1988 Rude 150 lower unit bolts

    I recently purchased this motor and these bolts were missing. There are the 4 stainless bolts just above the catavation plate which are there, I just purchased a new trim tab but the bolt for that cannot be ordered. There is also 2 other bolt locations in back of the trim tab, 1 is for the zinc...
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    Evineude 150HP help (1988)

    Here is the story. I was in search of a motor for my boat and came across someone selling a 150 Evinrude 1988. This motor was sitting on the side of his house for how knows how long. Me not knowing the overall condition of the motor I brought along my comprssion tester to check the cylinders as...
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    Another outboard mounting question.

    Well I purchased a newer boat without the motor which needed a little work, well anyway it is motor time. The transome on the boat has 4 bolts that were left from the previous 115HP mercury the owner had on it. I current have a 1991 Evinrude 150 on the way which should be here sometime next...
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