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    Well boats???

    Can someone please explain a well boat to me... I don't get it. No other boat is designed anything like it....that I know of at least. I don't know anyone that owns one to ask about it. I do not understand why they are designed that way. (I am sure there is a very good reason / advantage to...
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    Generator repair website?

    Anyone know of a good place to get help getting an old generator going again? I mean "old" like made in 1972 ... I've found the rebuild kit for the carb... its the generator part that I know nothing about testing. Its was made by Ag-Tronic (which predates Coleman who bought them out in the...
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    Priming / painting engine block

    After 3 weeks of soaking the driveshaft/crankshaft area with ATF, Deep Creep and 2-stroke oil...tapping, jiggling, a little bleeding and a lot of sweat... I've managed to get them seperated. :D My question is regarding paint / primer and matching OEM colors, specifically for the engine...
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    Shorting switch / unidentified part - 18HP Fastwin

    Picked up a 1972 18HP Fastwin 18202R over the weekend, have a somewhat expensive component I need to replace before I can try to fire her up... the shorting switch. Part # 0379638 Would the shorting switch be a NO (normally open) or NC (normally closed) switch? Normally open, right? I'm not...
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    18HP Evinrude #18202R

    Anybody know if these were good motors or had problems...? It looks like parts availability is decent.
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    Where is your fire extinguisher?

    I'm setting up my fishing boat and was wondering the best place to mount a fire extinguisher? I'm thinking towards the bow...furthest away from the source of fuel. If there is a fire this will give me a chance to get away from it. So where do you have yours?
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    Overheated but tell tale spraying water?

    :confused: WITH EVERYONE'S HELP HERE :D and my factory service manual...I got it running good, until this last issue I had yesterday. Last thing I have done is decarbed with seafoam and changed out the awful looking Autolite plugs to Champion J6C and adjusted low idle speed as best I could...
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    Proper length of bunks ?

    I just bought a 1986 12' Highlander trailer and the bunks / accompanying hardware is shot, completely rotted / rusted through. I'm going to be replacing it with SS or galvanized hardware and treated 2x4. My question is how long do my bunks need to be to properly distrubute the weight / support...
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    Oil slinger / crankcase seal?

    '65 Evinrude 6 hp 6502. (You can see - the red ring - where it is broken into 3 pcs in the pic) It looks like its supposed to be 2 pcs in my manual... but there is no reference to it... unless this is the "oil slinger"... :confused:
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    How NOT to replace coils '65 Evinrude 6hp

    It only took me 2 days to get the flywheel removed, lol...only to discover that the coils, which are the old brown insulation type but appeared to be almost "new", were not set right by whomever installed them WAY past the boss. BOTH have a gash in the insulation, one went all the way through...
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    '65 6hp Evinrude Fisherman - poor idle

    Working on a 1965 6hp Evinrude Fisherman model 6502M Compression is 80psi in upper and lower cylinder (does that sound high?) Rebuilt the carb I noticed the brass s/s needle was somewhat "deformed"... looks like it has been not so gently seated quite a few times. My question is: Is the 1968...
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    New guy here - 6HP Evinrude 6502M - carb question

    Hello ALL - and sorry for such a LONG first post. I've been lurking and reading here for a week now and decided to join. (BTW - some of the links in the stickys do not work.) I just purchased a "broken" 1965 Evinrude 6HP Fisherman Model 6502 that left a man and his wife stranded in the...
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