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    cant pull starter string out

    hello a bought a 7.5 hp 2 stroke it worked well and sounded good when the man sold it to me but now i cant even pull the starter string out it seems to be stuck in gear but the gear selecter moves into reverse but not neutral but when in forward it makes a clicking noise can anyone help
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    petrol prices

    what a scam we are fed up of it petrol or gas as u callit in the us couldd be about 5 to 6 pounds a gallon this year dont hold much hope of a lot of boating this year have to get me oars out the fuel stations only make about 6p a ltr the rest goes to gorvernment and petrol companies
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    winching boat and trailer

    is there a winch that attaches to my towbar that will pull the boat and trailer up the boat slipway as when its wet the slipway is very slimey
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    engine wont turn over

    hi can someone help here i tried starting my 50hp johnson but had no ignition click so i replaced the solinoid still no click so i replaced the fuse now i have a click but no startermotor could it be dodgey starter motor the engine is about 1981 ps i checked all the wires and they seem to be ok
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    boy i was luckey

    today i was towing my boat to winter storage set it all up to tow flused the engine through then pumped the tyres up and as itook the pump off the valve came out of the tyre so i had that fixed but as i was driving to the main express way which has higher speed limit the other tyre blew how...
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    fuel comsumption

    i asked this in anothertopic so how much fuel should i use in my 50hp seahorse we went out today and used quite alot 45 litres
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    fitted new ig coil but stiil no good

    we fiteed the new ignition coil to the 50hp but we are stiil expresssing probs it started and raced then cut out with asplutterso we started it again it ran longer but was racing then cut out we adjusted the excellarater screw but it was still the same checked the plugs and they were carboned up...
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    seems timings a big issue

    trying to find out about timing on my 50hp seahorse but replies are sparse so ordered a manual but wont be here for aleast 2 weeks and the seasons nearly over i aslo ordered a ignition coil from the boat shop over aweek ago and thats not here yet but how can you tell if the timings out if the...
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    timing on 50hp seahorse

    went to look at my engine started her up she back fired once then started she ran then cut out and back fired an engineer was there and he said it sounded like timing and dont run it any more where do i start with the this?
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    boat saftey

    we recently went out and broke down but we had aspare engine to get back in and aradio and flares which fortunatly we didnt have to use but saying this no one checks to see wether you have got all this and i think you should be checked we passed 2 or 3 police patrol boats and not one even tried...
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    got started but cuts out

    eventualy we started the 50hp seahorse up but it keeps overrevving then cutting out when we let off the rev handle the man down the boat shop and he said take off the manual choke but that didnt work can anyone say what we are doing wrong
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    made a false floor

    i recently made afloor for my shetland 535 because we had carpet down before and it was getting a bit smelly so i made a false deck out of 9mm marine ply and tanalised batons with floor vinyl instead should be alot easier to keep clean
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    how to start up my engine

    i ve recently purchased a johnson 50hp elec start when i bought it it started and ran but on the last test it wouldnt start eg i pumped the fuel bulb and pumped the carb could i have flooded it ? also does it matter which way round the remote connecters go?
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    50hp starts but cuts off

    i recenty got a 50hp it ran when we bought it but now we can start it then it cuts out and wont start again is because we are flooding it or does it need to be connected to the battery all the time as we havent any proper battery connections yet and someone has to hold the connections on to start it
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    crack under prop

    just purchased a johnson 50hp checked every over runs fine but when i got it home noticed a crack on the propeller casing is this seriuos or not ?
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