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    1976 Ted Williams 15HP

    Re: 1976 Ted Williams 15HP hi guys, its been awhile and i hope i don't mislead you anymore. this is how i held the oring in. i used a 1/4" x 1/8" nylon isolater held in with a modified ss flat washer. this is held down with two # 6 machine screws.
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    Back to square one!!! ted williams help

    Re: Back to square one!!! ted williams help here's a pic of my omc cure for the fuel pump. works great. this particular 15 is very lively, thats why i 've kept it for quite some time.. but thats not likley your issue now but good to know.mrcrbs here is the expert, i'd just begrudgingly give up...
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    My favourite boat

    here's a little eastern white cedar boat that i built in shelbure ns ca in my mom's mini-home basement. it's 10.5 ft, 48",18" transom with a 15" motor mount. took 3.5 years on odd weekends and holidays, vacation and such. was 135 miles from where i live and work. finished it in 06, left it out...
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    An Eska journey. from that to this

    Re: An Eska journey. from that to this heres the rest of the remote shift. not sure how to explain it except to say there was a lot of failed attemps along this path. but i am rebuilding this to power a boat that i am designing and building that requires a remote powerplant. so a fellas got to...
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    An Eska journey. from that to this

    Re: An Eska journey. from that to this ok i guess i'll get to the controls. first the box. after a few not so successful attempts, got the physics worked out. used a peice of aluminum, 1/8, for the bottom. and two 1/8 lexan for the middle and front pannel. some 7/16 spacers in between pannels...
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    An Eska journey. from that to this

    Re: An Eska journey. from that to this anyway if ya boating like i do, often alone, you should always install a teathered kill swicth. they dont cost much and can save you a long swim and or hike. look smart too.
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    An Eska journey. from that to this

    Re: An Eska journey. from that to this thanks for that, i think eskas are a pleasure to to rebuild. they look great and are easy to work on and mod. i've rebuilt 7 twin eskas. couple of seaco 9.9s, sears can. couple of sears and robuck, got one more waiting for a 15 powerhead for it. they all...
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    An Eska journey. from that to this

    Re: An Eska journey. from that to this yeh i never saw one up close that was newer than 76. yours is way diff.mine all sit on a flat plate not an open one like that man they must had had some pile of different configs for these things. i think they wre different from province to province for...
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    does this exist.

    i have heard rumours of a 87 eska 15 with a long leg and a 4 stroke powerhead,but when i check the given ser numbers to the diagrams they appear to be a two stroke 385c block, and still does not give a long leg desination that i can see. does such a beast as this exist or do i have to make one...
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    An Eska journey. from that to this

    Re: An Eska journey. from that to this well my method of modifying the timing is not conventional but resulted in really smooth idle, super easy starts, and a few more rpms at wot. i ground down both counterweights exactly the same as each other, removing about .050-.060" off the side that...
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    An Eska journey. from that to this

    Re: An Eska journey. from that to this good afternoon. hoods! hhhhh! well to tell you the truth,i've had exceptional luck with the hoods being in great shape. not the one that blew off the trailer at 70 mph however. should have taken a pic of that. a little brittle i'd say. but speaking of...
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    An Eska journey. from that to this

    Re: An Eska journey. from that to this mrcrabs, pics are like eskas. sometimes they work sometimes not.try that
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    An Eska journey. from that to this

    Re: An Eska journey. from that to this here's a little more for the hardcore Eska people. some fellas think that a silencer on an Eska is not needed. some say" there's 50 year old outboards out there still runnig like a top, and they never had a silencer/ air cleaner. yeh! but for every one of...
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    An Eska journey. from that to this

    Re: An Eska journey. from that to this If you like your Eska and are not really handy, don't try this at home. this is a 380, 9.9 block. After the engine block was split, i proceeded to enlarge the intake. the hole was marked on the outside at 1 inch.using an air die grinder i carfully...
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    An Eska journey. from that to this

    In Nova Scotia, Canada there arn't too many Eskas left to find. when you do get lucky, you may not be as lucky as you think. First they rot from the outside in. (ns is almost completely surrounded by salt water)These outboards were not made for an acid bath in the atlantic ocean! So when i find...
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    Tech cdi solution?

    I traded a guy for a seaco 9.9 that had the trigger magnet let go at WOT. well the cdi's were smashed beyond. so i took them out compleatley and kept the charge coils in place. I welded tabs on the stator to accept the new omc triggers. I then took the triggers and modified them to fit in place...
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