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    starter stoped

    so my starter bendix will not jump up unless i coax it into doing so by banging on it a lil bit. ( i love hitting stuff and then i works) its a 1998 40hp force. would you just buy a new one or rebuild it? either way i dont want to wait! is a starter re-build a pain to do, or could even me deos...
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    this guy couldnt hit a lake with a boat...

    well we tried to help but when i told the guy the best shot at getting it in the water was to get it back on the trailer they said well its going in the lake anyways we might as well just push it back ... well after i descibed a cheese grater on the fiberglass they said the would try it my...
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    WHATCHAMACALLIT... tilt thingamajig?

    so i just bought a boat and today was the first day out! lake michigan hooo! managed to get the whole boat out of the water on an UNEXPECTED wave! so i slowed down and later on i trimmed down the motor and then it wouldnt trim back up... oh no! so when we got back to my house i had someone hit...
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    Sould I Be Excited?

    i found a guy willing to owner finance his boat to me, a 2000 lund 16 ft aluminum with bowmount, and extras. the motor is a 2000 40 hp force. in wisconsin ive realized that boats keep thier value well, so hes aking 3,500. this seems like a super deal to me, but all i know about force is that its...
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    3.6 chrysler model number/ year chart

    hey i just bought a 3.6 hp chrysler, the model is 33hb and the serial is 4381. i cant find a chart anywhere to tell me what year it is! they all say 1970 -1976 but id like to be a lil more spacific if some one asks me what year it is.. also i cant find any info on the GAS OIL mix... i really...
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    man.... my re-coil hurts

    i mean physicly,not just metaphoricly typing. you know that damn coiled spring?on a re-coil starter yeah, man im there right now. i tried to wrap it around my hand and coil it as tight as i could and pull it more and then wrap it a couple more times so it fits back in the designated "hard to do"...
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    re-do re-coil

    so its a lil 3.6 chrysler jobber, and the re-coil just stoped working, i need to fix this so i can fix the dang motor and take it out this weekend! ahhhh help me! THANK YOU! one day when i know something ill return the favor!
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    " i hope this is a stupid question"

    hey, hows it going? well today i bought a chrysler 3.6 hp o.b. for $75. the guy said it was all good but it deosnt run on the old gas but he ran the year b4. he said it can run with some starter fluid, and it did, but out of water so it had to be shut off right away, well 36:1 new gas when i got...
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    ohhh no.. a hole!

    so i was using a niehbors dighy that was made by mercury a little plastic bottom with the inflateable part around it. and im not sure if i did it but one side has leaked out a fair amount of air...maybe a gallon? i feel horrible. is there anything like fix a flat for these things? it would be...
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    is this a pressure tank?

    i just got this tank given to me and im almost positive its a pressure tank, are these different from the 2 line tanks? is this one still worth good money? ive seen similar ones getting good money on e-bay, but how mich do yall think i could get for this one? the hoses need to be replaced the...
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    wow! that was wierd!!! ~ big twin

    so i have a 1966 einrude 40 big twin and i really wanted to go fishing and it was midnight, so about 6 gallons of gas later and it was 8 in the morning, i pulled into the lagoon and took a 4 hour power nap before heading back out. i pulled the good ol cord and nothing happened, after my arm felt...
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    wow! that was wierd!!! ~ big twin

    so i have a 1966 einrude 40 big twin and i really wanted to go fishing and it was midnight, so about 6 gallons of gas later and it was 8 in the morning, i pulled into the lagoon and took a 4 hour power nap before heading back out. i pulled the good ol cord and nothing happened, after my arm felt...
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    any advice on topside painting prep?

    ive never painted my boat before and i was wondering if anyone had any good tips on preping the surface besides the usual sanding and acetone wash down... its a 26ft fiberglass sail boat... thanks
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    it feels like i keep hitting bottom but im not whats causing this

    so i finally got my 1st boat in the water, the engine is a '66 evinrude 40 it was sitting for 19 years and yesterday was the first time i took it out. she ran great and i was happy exept 1. it struggled and didint make it to plane ( this could be because there was 4 people in a flat bottom 14...
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    air in the fuel line

    well guys im gonna take my boat out onto lake michigan ( in the harbor-milwaukee) for the first time tommorow!!! and uh ooo im getting air into my fuel line inside the cowl. i have a clear gas line and theres always about a 1/4 to a full inch of air in the line just after the connector. when i...
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    Ever Heard Of This??!!

    im always trying to learn and do different things ... this seems like this could be a very interesting project and im thinkg about doing this, adding un conventional hydro-foils to to my boat so my question here is does anyone know someone who tryed this before? what do you think about this...
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    1966 evinrude that just woke up!

    this is my first boat and im kind of worried, ive read alot of super informative stuff on this site and just happily joined. since im not as mechanicly enclined as i want to be a had one of the most well known late model outboard re-builders in milwaukee wi. get it going, i told him to make it...
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