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    Exploded Wiew T&T 1993 40 HP

    Does anyone have an exploded wiew of this T&T Unit. A friend of mine removed the drain plug on his and a ball dropped out and fell in water. Unit wont work. If I got a drawing, maybe we could find out what is missing. Thanks. Mail:<br />sikker_succes@hotmail.com
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    Gas question 115 HP CF

    Reading a lot of posts here, I've been aware that 87 Oct gas is recommended to most of the older Johnnyrudes. We only have 92, 95 and 98 Oct gas over here ?? I guess the 92 lead free would be best choise. Is there anything else to do to do my motor a favor. Back ignition advance a couple of...
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    Interesting info about boatconstruction

    Hi I just came across this interesting site, I think contains usefull info to many who do their own work on boats. http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/T0530E/T0530E11.htm#ch11.4
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    Source to buy odd trim switch and part nr. ??

    Anyone know of a source to buy a replacement trim swithc from ?? It is the one that sits in the handle, and in the handles it the consealed sidemount, which is different. I found this, but it doesnt fit perfect...
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    You got snow ??

    I'm not getting anything done one my boat right now. In calender, yesterday was first day of spring here, but we got 5" of snow sunday, 15" yesterday and 5" today. Im getting tired of digging cars and house out every morning, and now its starting to get windy ! Hard to find a spot to pile it up...
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    Anybody tried DIY dentbusting

    Someone gave my darkblue Volvo Stationwaggon an ugly door dent. I am not paranoid about this car, but I like it and my wife and I cared for it for 6 and a half years now. It only has few not noticeable dents and scratches. This is worse. The dealer advised me to call our kind of "dentbusters"...
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    Crying over lower unit

    I just got a 1977 4,5 HP, originally bought as I needed the lower unit for my 9,8 HP, but looking at it this little motor, it looks fine. I think I will fix it and let my 13 yo boy run it on his dighny. It has plenty of compression, and a spark that can send a cow to the ground, turning flywheel...
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    oil quality / consumption

    I've changed the oil and filter on my volvo 940 turbo st wagon myselves for the last year. The car has done 150000 miles, mostly on highway, we are allowed to go 85 MPH and I always do. Manual says to change oil and filter every 10000 Miles and Shop always used a standard oil. It normally burns...
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    Are 4,5 and 7.5 lowerunits the same

    I have an old blue stripe series 7,5 Mercury. The lower unit leaked water in, due to a badly rusted driveshaft and got damaged. I can get a 4,5 midsection with a working lower unit, cheap. Will these be interchangeable ?? Both are blue stripe era.
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    Will it EVER cure

    Still working on my boatproject. While glassing in some reinforcements, lying under backseat in a hard to get at place, I ran out of poly. I reached out and grabbed container and made a new mix. Now 24 Hrs later the lay-up is like half cured, a little soft and very sticky ( usually sets in 1-2...
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    Polyester Resin, How Dangerous

    I work outside in my boat, doing some reinforcement. I wear a proper mask. <br /><br />Does anyone know, how dangerous will the fumes be for people near by, in exa. the neighbor, sometimes just 10' away, animal ext. Are the fumes lighter than air ??
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    Will polyester stick to aluminium

    I just inherited a lower unit for one of my parts motors, 35 Hp Evin, which were too good to trash. Unfortunately some unknown person tried to remove a stuck propeller by breaking with two screwdrivers and broke two chuncks off lower unit housing from edge around propeller. Instead of welding I...
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    Mazda 323 Headgasket ??

    My eldest sons old Mazda 323 suddenly heated to edge of red zone the other day. He found that almost half of the cooling water was missing and that the outher rubber gasket on radiator cap was blown out. When he came home, we tried to start motor with cap off. When motor was reved up, water...
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    Quality of penzzoil

    Penzzoil got into Denmark now and is available from a few Dealers already now. I consider using the full syntetic 5W40 for my Volvo Car, as I read a lot of threads on this site, mentioning Penzzoil. Is this a good choice compared to the gas companys brands ?
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    5 HP 1979 Driveshaft stuck in cranckshaft

    Still working on my little boys 5 hp. Last time i had to pull driveshaft through waterpump to get loverunit off. Now we removed powerhead and heated shaft with a heatgun. Clamped a pair of wisegrips on shaft and hit them with a hammer. Shaft is married to Cranckshaft. HELP !! Does someone have a...
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    A third foam question

    Using the polyureathane foam, I noticed the foam creates a "skin" when hardened out. <br /><br />Will pouring foam several times, in smaller batches, so that the foam portions are seperated from "skin", make saturation slower ??<br /><br />The can says the foam hardens and expands by the...
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    Pulling Flywheel 6 HP Chrysler

    I'l have a look at ignition part on an old ( 1974 ) 6 HP Chrysler twin. What do I use to pull flywhell. It has no holes for a balanced puller, only the center nut. Brakedrum Puller ??
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    Structural Concerns

    As some of you know, I´m in the process of rigging a 17' runabout. I started spring 1 1/2 year ago, but had to take a "little" break rebuilding my house. Now to the subject. This boat is new, was never in water. I do not know where it was moulded nor by whom. <br />Last night I was going to turn...
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    Did you ever see this ??

    Bad luck: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/insurance6.jpg
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    Polishing Propeller

    I just bought a used stainless propeller for my Evinrude. This propeller has some roughness on trailing edge from hitting small objects in water, but no dings or dents. It feels rough when you run a finger down trailing edge. Is it OK just to sand it with 150 and then 600 paper till it is...
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