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    1968 3hp Johnson

    Just to make sure I don't do anything too dumb. You mean on the coil, yes? I can just file that down? It already looks like it has chewed a bit of it out, so I have no doubt where it is rubbing. How thick is the housing, I guess if I made a hole I could seal it with RTV or something. Just...
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    1973 4hp Evinrude

    If I had to guess I never got the head to seal correctly, and at higher temps it leaks more, and affects running. The exhaust gasket I suspect leaks a bit too, but I don't think that would affect running particularly if it is a relatively small leak. Some water collects at the base, and I...
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    1973 4hp Evinrude

    I did the water pump on this motor last year, and it seems to be working correctly. I put a new fuel pump in it last year as well.
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    1973 4hp Evinrude

    When it stalled, I cupped water in my had and poured it over the head and spark plugs expecting it to steam, and it didn't. also, the compression numbers point to the piston not seizing, so - I could not make a guess as to why it stalled. It starts a bit hard, but not too bad, and it super...
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    1973 4hp Evinrude

    top plug on right, these look pretty decent to me, but what do I know? One of them appeared to have little white specs on it from the last run, so - I assumed detonation or overheating. I ran it for about 1.5 hours on the lake. It seemed to run fine at mid/low throttle, I was able to just go...
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    1973 4hp Evinrude

    compression test today - 4hp 1974 Evinrude Yachtwin top 107, bottom 99 when I got the motor last year the test results I got were 100, 95 The spark plugs looked decent to me. I took a few pictures
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    1968 3hp Johnson

    I lined them up, the coil seems to rub the magnet right in the fat middle part of the coil, there is a flat square thing on the rounded outer edge, it rubs there. I have no idea what else to try to align in there, other than switching the coils side to side. It is in the alignment marks and...
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    1968 3hp Johnson

    I ran this motor a good bit last year. I don't know - maybe 30-50 hours of service. Trolling, just boat rides, etc. Regular use. It seemed to run good, I found a bugger in the carb bowl, and that solve the why is the float sticking question. A piece of the gasket had pinched, and sort of...
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    1973 4hp Evinrude

    I gave this motor an on the lake run test end of last year. It ran strong, but still eventually started to make a squealing noise like an auto belt squeal sound, and lose power and die. It did this to me on the previous test run, and I did a bunch of fixes to it, and same behavior. That was...
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    1968 3hp Johnson

    tried to run this motor yesterday, and it started first pull after sitting for a week, and it started fine like normal, but when I tried to start pushing the choke in it did not rev up, and after about 10 seconds it stalled. It seemed flooded, so - I ended up pulling the plugs and disconnecting...
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    flat line trolling for trout

    I played with a three way rig and like how it works well enough. It isn't an exact science, but certainly down to 20 or 30 feet, it will get you there without too much trouble. Going slow enough is the challenge.
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    flat line trolling for trout

    have a local resevoir, Northeast USA, think it is about 350 acres, half of it is shallow, 10 feet or less with islands and a lot of structure, and the other half has a dam at the end, and is mostly 20 feet deep, with a 30 foot deep section, that goes to 34 I think is the deepest part. we troll...
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    1973 4hp Evinrude

    Haven't had this motor back out to test. I need to pull the flywheel off another motor, and I'll probably do this one, and either put new points or open them up a hair more to .022 to see if I can get the timing to hit right in the middle. It was funny, one side had a hole in the bottom of the...
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    1968 3hp Johnson

    been runing this motor trolling. haven't had the flywheel off again to check and reset the coil position and to look in at the ignition to see if I have a wear spot from rubbing. runs good starts easy, high speed run strong for extended periods, I just avoid the mid range where it chirps a...
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    1968 3hp Johnson

    ran this motor good. probably 4 -6 hours of mixed running over 2 or 3 days. Seems to run great. Think at some RPMs I'm rining the flywheel like a bell. I'll probably mess around with it Wednesday, next time I run it. Think I'll just put tape on the flywheel to see if it changes the...
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