low speed

dabears1

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i have a 1973 70hp evinrude. when it is in neutral it revs really high, but when it is in foward it will not reach a speed over about 10 mph. did clean the carbs but i am not sure if i did it completely right. thank you for any response
 

Joe Reeves

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Re: low speed

If you have compression and spark, you've overlooked something within the carburetors..... probably did not get the brass fixed high speed jets thoroughly clean.
 

tashasdaddy

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Re: low speed

carb cleaning instruction in sticky top of this forum.
 
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