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    55 hp flooding question

    Re: 55 hp flooding question okay looking at the 75/45 you do mean the plate right behind the switch. It didn't look like a plate to me in the picture, but when I go to the diagram that jerry is talking about the parts 44 -47 are right behind that electric switch. is this right? I don't want to...
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    55 hp flooding question

    Re: 55 hp flooding question I cant find the diagram your looking at. When I go to ********** and look up my motor they just have the carb and fuel pump no recirculation diagrams. What do you mean by 75/45? Hp?
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    55 hp flooding question

    Will bad reeds cause fuel to build up in the lower end. I have rebuilt the carb. Gas shuts off but while running it has fuel coming out of a small hole by the prop. When I stop it bubbles up in big white foamy globs spreading out at the surface with the smell of gas making a big slick. I mean a...
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    Chrysler 105 spark plugs

    Re: Chrysler 105 spark plugs some pictures
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    Chrysler 105 spark plugs

    I have been adding onto my thread in the prop section and decided to post here. Anyway. I went to four autoparts stores and they either didn't have the plugs or not enough of them. They all told me the champion spark plug book shows a different plug than a surface plug L20v that was in there...
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    Chrysler 105 hp prop question

    Re: Chrysler 105 hp prop question Here is the electrical system.
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    Chrysler 105 hp prop question

    Re: Chrysler 105 hp prop question
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    Chrysler 105 hp prop question

    Re: Chrysler 105 hp prop question
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    Chrysler 105 hp prop question

    Re: Chrysler 105 hp prop question
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    Chrysler 105 hp prop question

    I just got a chrysler 105 outboard motor. It came without a prop. Does anyone know what the diameter and pitch is standerd for this motor? Mine has the exhaust out the middle. I see they sell three different sizes here. I'm not sure what one to get. I will be useing the motor for fishing, and...
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    1971 55 hp outboard float? Gas leaking out of a small hole above lower end.

    I rebuilt the carb, but I can't find the float for this motor. Does anyone know if there is a compatible float I can cross with this? There is a lot of gas that floats up after shutting down the motor. It bubbles up from a small hole down by the lower end. Could anything else cause this other...
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    1971 55 hp pitted aluminum water pump.

    Hello all, jmk here and I have a question on the water pump cavity for my 1971 55 hp. Last year when I took the pump apart the wall on the inside of the pump where the impeller rides was just aluminum cast. It was all pitted. I lightly sanded it and with a bad feeling I put it back together with...
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    55 hp coil resistance

    My motor starts and runs. It cuts in and out and at times one cylinder seems to be lacking power. After running for a while it doesn't seem to get spark or enough spark, but I have not tested this. It gets to where it wont start and floods. One of my coils is cracked and I noticed when I got...
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    proper fuel mixture for 1964 5.5 Evinrude

    Hello all, jmk here. I bought a 1964 5.5 Evinrude last year. I am just getting it going. It came with a fuel tank which he said was fresh gas last year. He had wrote 25 to one on the tank. This seems to me to be a lot of oil. Does anyone know the proper fuel mixture? It seems to me that most...
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    5.5 lower oil seals

    Hello all, jmk here, and I am changing the lower end seals on my 1964 5.5. Is there a seal for the shifter? I'm not seeing what will keep the water out of the area that the shift linkage goes through. There is a brass bushing it slides through, and the book shows how to drive that out of the...
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    Problems with changing the water pump on a 5.5 Fisherman

    Hello all, jmk here, and I am trying to change my water pump. I have a 5.5 1964 Fisherman. The book says to remove the power head as in section 5. Has anyone ever changed the water pump impeller on one of these little motors? I am having problems getting the power head to separate. They say...
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    gastank vent

    Can closing the vent on an external tank over a long period of time, (month) cause the diaphragm in the fuel pump to stretch? Do you normally leave them open even in the rain? This tank was also exposed to the suns heat and also the tube in the inside fell off while sitting. Does the gas tube...
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    Chrysler 55 hp rpm problems

    What could cause my 1971 Chrysler 55 hp out board motor run slow rpms while in full throttle? The thrrottle body is wide open but the boat only goes 10 mph. It idles and runs smooth, but does need some throttle to start. I have rebuilt the carb.
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    55 hp fuel problem?

    I bought this old 1971 55 hp Chrysler. It didn't want run unless you flicked the choke on and off. I rebuilt the carburetor and had it running good in the tub. It sat for a month while I made seats for the boat. I took it down to our lake and it went to start and then wouldn't. I found that I...
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    lower end seal kits

    I was talking with Iboats tech this morning ordering parts, but I couldn't get the lower end seal kit. She said that they only have 1967 kits. Is there another great parts site t find a seal kit for a 1964 evenrude 5.5 hp?
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