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    1975 Evinrude 9.9hp won't shift out of reverse

    The motor ran fine all day Saturday with a spare lower unit on it but I had to fiddle with the shift rod a bit to get it to work right. The motor is a '75 model (10524C). I had a lower unit off a 15hp of the same year so it even matches the paint color. I had resealed the spare lower a few years...
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    1975 Evinrude 9.9hp won't shift out of reverse

    For now I just stuck another lower on the thing to get it going again. I gave up playing nice with the thing and put a vice grip and slide hammer on it and let 'er rip. It snapped the shift rod off about 1/4" into the bushing. I'm not sure of the lower will come apart with the shift rod...
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    1975 Evinrude 9.9hp won't shift out of reverse

    The lower unit is off and on the bench. I cut out a block of wood to hold it in an 8" vise. I had to use a combination of various wrenches to get in there to get the one clamp bolt out as it was not showing in the gap. The shift rod won't budge, it don't unscrew and won't even move in any...
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    100+ outboards

    I used to do several flea markets a year and when they started requiring you to accept returns and were talking about making sellers collect sales tax I was done. Between the theft, scammers and tax people trying to catch you selling something new I just gave it up. Yard sales were worse when...
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    Estate sale lot of 18 - 25hp motors - Compression gauge variables.

    I had a 1968 18hp short shaft tiller motor that belonged to a neighbor who passed away some years ago and left me his boat and motor. He had the 18hp hanging in the garage because he couldn't pull start it any more in his 70's. He had bought a new motor with electric start, and power tilt. I...
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    1975 Evinrude 9.9hp won't shift out of reverse

    A year or two ago I bought a clean used 9.9hp as a spare or alternate for my 14ft boat. The motor runs great, pumps water and did nothing wrong the first five or six times I used it. Back in Oct. I put it up for the winter, I drained the the lower unit and installed a new impeller to be ready...
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    1986 Mercury 150 V6 worth?

    I figured I'd come back and finish this post, after listing both motors on CL all summer for $500 each and not getting a single serious reply or offer over $50 I broke both of them down in pieces to sell on ebay. The lower units went first, one for $400, the second for $578, the covers were...
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    1983 35hp siezed after sitting for 5 years.

    The measurements are correct, I've got four sets of micrometers, and three pair of Mitutoyo and Starrett digital calipers here, I've got a Starrett 3089 bore taper gauge, and two sets of telescoping type gauges as well. There is no mistake, the pistons are larger than the whole, if they...
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    1983 35hp siezed after sitting for 5 years.

    There are no marks, but they do have more pronounced machining rings in them around the circumference. I've never seen aluminum pistons 'grow' before, but anything is possible I suppose. The bore isn't the issue I've got a proper Starrett bore gauge and internal micrometers just for checking...
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    HOA rules say, no boats visible from the street,....

    I lived in a town that was situated around a lake, out of the blue they suddenly passed an ordnance prohibiting boats from being stored at private residences. At that point nearly every house had a boat in the driveway or garage. Mine sat in my basement garage at road level always attached to...
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    1983 35hp siezed after sitting for 5 years.

    J kind of thought that myself at first but Ive measured them a half dozen times with two different micrometers and my calipers. Its also why I went digging for the used pistons. When the used pistons dropped in as they should, it sort made it obvious there was something wrong with the pistons I...
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    1983 35hp siezed after sitting for 5 years.

    This seems to be the most likely scenario. I have no clue where its been before I got it other than it was rigged on a boat that I got for free. The only part that don't make sense is how clean the whole thing is. And both bores are absolutely perfect in stock specs. If it were original...
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    1983 35hp siezed after sitting for 5 years.

    I did soak the pistons first but once I had the head off I could see no amount of soaking was going to remove rust. I pulled the power head, pulled the crank then worked on the pistons. The top cylinder moved easier then the lower right away. I pushed both down so I could clean up the rust at...
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    1983 35hp siezed after sitting for 5 years.

    I picked up a clean looking 1983 35hp Johnson a few months ago, it came to me attached to the back of a junk 15ft trihull that I promptly turned into mulch. The story I got was that it was their dad's boat and he had taken ill and died in 2017, but they remember him using it the prior season...
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    1986 Mercury 150 V6 worth?

    I think sometimes that means it only worth what someone who wants it can afford to pay, and lately I think that's gotten pretty low. Nothing seems to sell to local buyers, its always someone from 100 miles or more away. Local ads don't get any replies here.
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