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  1. wildmaninal

    What should my compression reading be? Sea King

    I am getting 65lbs of compression on both cylinders on this 1964 Sea king 5.5hp. Is this good or what? The motor does run but I have been starting it by a power drill sense I'm missing the recoil starter so I don't know how easy it will start by recoil start. I'm trying to sell this motor and...
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    Lets play identify that part.

    These are just some of the parts I bought as new old stock parts. I already know the name of most of the parts. I was wondering if you guys can help identify what model motor they may fit on. I know that all the parts I have list as vintage parts when looking them up on Ishopmarine. I have a...
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    My turn computer problem

    Well the only way I can use my computer and get on the internet is to use Safe mode with networking. If I try to start my computer in normal mode it will load up then show the desk top theme for about 1 or 2 seconds then go blank. I have had this happen in the past a few different times. I...
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    Had a great weekend and how about you all?

    List of things that went wrong.... 1: Nearly sunk my boat from accidently leaving the live well fill pump on (I don't have an over fill outlet, but will be coming soon once I figure out how to run it out of the livewell). 2: Got the anchor hung up while fishing, which my uncle volunteered...
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    Verifying my Tachometer settings

    Short story behind this question. I just got through installing a faria tachometer on my bass boat for my 1978 Evinrude 85hp model number 85950 I believe. I took this tachometer off of another bass boat hull I have out back. I had to replace the glass on the tach because the original was...
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    Thinking of putting this 1970 Honda cb350 on the road

    My father bought this bike back in 1969 or 70 new. I mentioned to my father that I would like to put the old bike back on the road with his permission of coarse. He said it would be alright with him. I have no idea what the insurance would be for this bike. You can tell that the bike has...
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    Recoil starter for this 1964 sea king 5.5hp

    Anybody know what parts will interchange with this Sea king 5.5hp or where to find parts for this motor like the recoil starter. Or know the part number for the recoil starter? I seen what looked like a Johnson the other day that had a recoil starter nearly in the same place as this sea king...
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    I can't believe I let this mess up my day, bad customer service.

    My father had to go down town and asked if I needed to go. Well I just ordered some parts for my saw zaw on Monday of this week so I told my father "let me call up and see if those parts are in by chance". I called up and spoke with the same guy that I was dealing with the other day and he got...
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    (update) I screwed up now! Exposing the powerhead on a 1970 9.5hp Johnson

    When I got this motor the drive shaft was stuck in the bottom of the power head and the foot was off of it. Obviously the previous owner either didn't put the o'ring on the top of the drive shaft or never had it apart to replace it. Well that drive shaft is stuck in there good none the less...
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    Sea king Year?

    I got this motor with 2 cowlings, one is a 5hp cowling then the other is a 6hp cowling so I don't know what the horse power is for sure or what the year of the motor is. Were these decent motors? I haven't even done a compression check on this motor yet but it will be done soon. Model...
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    (update#2 Finished) Spark/throttle advance froze on '57 35hp E'rude

    After piddling with this motor off and on I finally got to the point where I decided to take the old motor out set it in a barrel and see if I could get it started but little did I realize that the spark advance under the flywheel isn't working. Obviously it froze from sitting for so many...
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    Have you ever had a surpise guest onboard your boat?

    I thought I would share this true story, this happened a while back. My brother and his family were taking a trip to Tennessee on their vacation and my brother took his boat (a 17ft 1970's Stryker tri hull bass boat) along with them. Well already had a cabin rented for the week which they...
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    looking up parts by old part number

    I acquired a bunch of new old stock parts that I am trying to look up the most recent values and part numbers for. Most of the parts I have are Sierra and OMC, some are points and condensers, some carb rebuild kits, etc etc. I do have descriptions of some of the parts. So far I have found...
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    Cork float replacement?

    Is there any other float that I can use in place of this cork float on this 1959 5.5hp Johnson? The old float is pitted really bad, the motor would run but does tend to flood out. I about gave myself a hernia or pulled muscle one when pull starting the little motor no joke. I swapped to a...
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    I need your thoughts 2 line to 1 conversion idea.

    I was thinking of tapping into the air port on a fuel pump that I have and adding a slip on hose fitting to hook the air pipe off of this little 1959 5.5hp Johnson. Then trying to find a place to mount the fuel pump. I've seen the threads on converting in the past and just read them again. I...
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    (update) Thought I had this 5.5hp fixed.

    I got this little 1959 5.5hp Johnson (CD-16 I believe) motor back together for the 2nd time and it is not pumping water. I installed another impeller in this durring the first time I had this apart. It has spit oil out of the exaust but no water to my knowledge. When I put the foot back on...
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    68 or 69 Mercury 1000 Electrical problem

    Some of you may have seen my thread on "to buy or not to buy old mercury". Well I bought the motor for $150 got it home did a compression check and it shows 120 on nearly all cylinders except for the top one which shows 110. I did not have a battery hooked to anything, I just jumped it...
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    Which side up? Bad memory!

    Well when I pulled the lower unit out of this 1959 5.5hp of coarse I forgot to take these parts out and I can't remember which way they go back in in all honesty. My mind is gone :(. I broke the split pin and had to make a special trip to town just for that lol. Rubber side up or metal...
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    (Update) 1959 5.5hp Johnson "Froze Up"

    After buying this motor that was suposed to be "froze up from sitting", I came across another Iboats memeber's thread that has me wondering if my lower unit might be the problem also. I have the head of the motor off, I seen from the start that the top piston does have some movement in it...
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    (update)To buy or not to buy old Mercury 1000

    I stumbled across a mercury 1000 at a old outboard and boat repair shop (the man is retired out), still has a few parts and motors around that he is wanting to do away with. Anyhow I don't know what year this mercury is but after doing some research I found out that the Mercury 1000 was made...
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