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    1953 Goodyear Seabee 12hp issues.

    What I mean is that this thing pushes more water than the other outboards I've owned, combined. It's healthy. I'll start pulling the top end apart, when I get the chance. We adjusted timing with the timing lever - set it to start, fast, slow, nothing seemed to make much of a difference.
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    1953 Goodyear Seabee 12hp issues.

    My friend and I recently got the outboard mentioned above, and we've been having some issues with it - half the time it'll lock up on the second or third rotation when pulling it over (yes, our arms are destroyed) and the other half of the time it'll fire a few times and then sputter out...
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