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    Water leakage???

    Hey all, I have a Johnson J15RCRM s/n G5993855 (1984 I think) with water coming out of the area where the lower unit mounts to the frame, excuse my ignorance of nomenclature, the picture has an arrow 🤣 I’m not sure if water has always came out of here on muffs or if it’s new, also there’s a...
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    Throttle/shift cables and control

    I have a 1984 sea ray Seville with a mercruiser 140 sn 6720563. I’m looking to replace the throttle control box but it seems like there are so many different options I’m not sure what to go with, definitely a single lever dual action but I’m looking for the group’s recommendations on what to go...
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    Reading my timing mark

    Can anyone tell me where 6 degrees btdc is on this gauge? 1984 merc 140 seems like the numbers are out of order lol
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    1984 mcm140 won’t go above 3000 rpms

    So I have a 1984 MCM 140 sn 6720563 last weekend the boat would not start all after being parked at a swimming hole for an hour or so, came up with no spark so I changed out my plugs, wires, points, condenser, and distributor cap and rotor (all were a bit old so I didn’t try and figure out which...
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    Alternator smoking

    I have a mcm 140 1986ish, I replaced the alternator and the first trip out, about 30 minutes of running the motor and the belt had melted at the alternator pulls. That belt was very loose so I Chalked it up slippage causing friction and melting the belt (based on basically no real experience)...
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    MCM 140 year???

    I’m trying to find the year for my motor and I don’t see it in the list provided in the stickies. It’s an mcm 140 s/n 6720563 with a drive unit s/n 6748315, the boat was sold as an 88 but not exactly sure. Any help would be great thanks
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    Tilt/trim gremlins

    So I have a 1990 evinrude 70 hp and I changed the seals on the 2 trim rams and the tilt ram. Now it is holding fluid but seems to struggle going down...tilt side will move down with light pressure on the motor but once it gets to the trim portion I have to put all my weight on it to get it to...
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    Tilt/trim seals

    I'm looking for a part number for tilt trim seals for a 1990 evinrude 70hp. And a source for the spanner wrench as well if anyone knows of one
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    where to buy motor side fuel lines?

    Does anyone have a source for the fuel lines on a 1990 Evinrude 70hp? Can i just go to the hardware store and use that fuel line or does it need to be preformed and marine grade? My problem is at full throttle I have to keep pumping the primer bulb in order to keep it running, so i want to...
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    where to start on fuel system?

    I have a 1990 Evinrude 70hp that idles very rough on muffs and shuts down as soon as i advance the throttle while in the water. I have between 110 and 115 psi on all 3 cylinders, the spark jumped the 7/16's gap on all 3 plugs so i'm down to fuel but not sure where to start, there doesn't appear...
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    mystery fitting

    I have a 1990 evinrude 70hp and have a fitting that I can't figure out what is suppose to go there. Its on the crankcase just behind the lower carb. Any ideas? I am thinking its an oil line from the vro pump which has been disabled.
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    1977 70hp motor with 1995 70hp powerhead

    So i have the 77 motor with apparently a 95 powerhead to include the 95 style fuel pump, the pump says VRO on it which i assume is the oil injection portion (does fuel and oil use the same pump?) anyway the VRO section has been removed if it ever had one and i just mix the oil in the gas tank. I...
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    Evinrude tilt/trim

    I had to remove my rectifier because it was leaking a sort of goo out of the back and ordered another one...shortly after this my trim stopped working. I assumed that the goo had gotten into the relay sockets right next door, so I removed the hole relay harness to do a real good cleaning when I...
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    Beeping controls

    Hey guys, just got my first boat. A bayhawk172 with a 77 evinrude 70hp. So the control box is beeping when the key is just on, not even started. From my research this is an oil injection problem. But this motor has no oil res, just mix the gas in the tank...am I wrong about that or do I just...
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    buying boat and motor seperately

    Hello all, first time posting so I hope i'm in the right forum. I am looking to buy a 1985 17ft bayhawk boat that has "steering" already installed but no motor, also buying a 1995 evinrude 70hp. This is my first real boat and I feel completley unequipped to make a sound decision, but have to...
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