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    69 45 hp Chrysler - throttle cable retaining clip (?)

    Hi,<br /><br />I'm not sure if that is what it's called, but it is the little spring sort of clip that slides over/around the motor end of the throttle cable to lock the cable end onto the little ball-joint piece bolted to the rear starboard side of the block. Know the thingy I mean?<br /><br...
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    '69 Chrysler 45 hp... lower unit gasket Q's

    Hiya,<br /><br />it might be a '67, I've forgotten... anyway, I need a new set of vent/fill screw gaskets and also a gasket for that philips screw (the shifter pivot screw?) that's above and in front of the fill/drain screw. Is there anything funny size-wize about those? Is the one on the pivot...
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    steering rack raplacement... I need to vent

    On a 94 trans sport van... I got the old one out (finally) and the new one in place (finally), and then when I raise the subframe back up, the shaft coming up from the gear box seems too short to fully engage the coupler on the steering linkage from the column! Is about 1" too short for lock...
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    (stupid) alternatives to tubing, skiing or wakeboarding

    When I was a yougin' slalom ruled. Occassionaly we'd tie a tractor tube on the boat (a REAL tube, with a hole to get sucked into, and/or break dangly legs etc). But for the real wild side, me & my gang of teenage lake friends spent many hours trying to figure the weirdest things to do behind a...
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    how do properly adjust idle mixture on 4 cyl mercruiser?

    My dad's mid '70's vintage mercruiser with the 4 cyl GM engine has a bad "dead spot" sputter as you accelerate off idle. If push the throttle slow, it gets past it OK, but if push it quick, the bobble is pretty bad, it may or may not backfire, and occassionallly stalls.<br /><br />Some...
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    why tiller OB's designed for left handed use?

    Just curious as to why/when it started... anyone care to give me a history lesson?<br /><br />What made me think about it was shifting around and switching to use my right hand to operate my 6 hp 'rude while trolling last weekend. Felt very weird after years and years of left hand motor...
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    shore fishing in/around San Diego?

    Hiya,<br /><br />I'll be in San Diego in couple weeks and bringing the family. We're gonna spend at least a day/afternoon, maybe a couple on a beach/ocean front somewhere (gotta see the ocean, build sandcastles etc)... Do people shore fish in that area? I'm wondering if I should think about...
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    shore fishing in/around San Diego?

    oops... I've moved this Q to saltwater
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    V150 lots of smoke

    hiya,<br /><br />I've got either an '80 or '82 V150 (I don't recall right now)... it's not oil injected, so obviously it's always been pre-mixed, fuel & dino oil (at 50:1)..<br /><br />It's always been smokey at idle, but if anything it seems to me more so after decarbonizing it earlier this...
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    '69 45 hp chrysler... LU leak at shift pivot screw

    at least I think that's what the thing is called. It's the phillips screw in front and a bit above the drain/fill screw on the LU. There's been a leak there for years... when it sits for a long time, gear oil weeps out from around the screw. It gets a small amount of water in the gear oil when...
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    1970 25 hp, knocking sound from steering pivot?

    Hiya,<br /><br />My new-to-me 1970 25 hp 'rude has been running well. The only complaint (minor) that I have is that if it is idling (trolling) there is a knocking sound/vibration that is there only when the engine is almost exactly straight. If you move the tiller in either direction, the...
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    '70 25 hp evinrude - weird lower unit leak

    So, I was going over my new-to-me 25 hp after running it for the first time last weekend. There was a small amount (maybe a tablespoon) of water in the LU, and I noticed a small amount of LU gear oil leaking from the water intake port on the left side, and sitting on the cav plate.<br /><br...
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    license to fish in ocean?

    being a fresh water person, I'm just curious whether you need a license to fish on the ocean... I'd guess so if shore fishing, but what about in a boat? You do until you get waaaay out there?
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    1970 25 hp - fixing starter mounts on block?

    Hi all,<br /><br />Well that old 25 hp I picked up seems to run nice and strong... idles down nice too, although it's a bit louder at idle than my 15 hp... I think having that biggish exhaust hole on the leg gives it the louder "putt putt" sound of the older motors. It also seems to like the...
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    seafoam in Canada - yup!

    Hiya,<br /><br />Just to let other Canucks know... Seafoam/deep creep is available from "Piston Ring/Auto Value" in Canada. Piston ring is a subsidiary of Auto Value, but the guy at PR wasn't sure if Auto Value was carrying it or just PR. Piston Ring has outlets in the west and into Ontario. I...
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    checking timing on 1970 25 hp

    Hiya,<br /><br />I put all new parts under the flywheel yesterday... set points to .020, (at least, as best I could tell) and got it all reassembled and running... It doesn't idle as smooth as I think it should (I also did carb kit at same time) and I did optimize the low speed jetting, as...
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    1970 25 hp carb spring... pict's

    Hiya,<br /><br />Still waiting for the manual, but got impatient and removed carb (have rebuild kit) and took water pump apart.... Anyway I found a problem. The spring that closes the choke butterfly is worn to the point of now having a "catch" on the end that holds the butterfly open instead of...
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    1970 25 hp evinrude -lower unit removal

    Hiya,<br /><br />I'm getting tired of waiting for the manual in the mail, and I'd like to get started on the tune up of this motor! This even though there is about 20 cm of snow so far today. :rolleyes: <br /><br />this motor is a short shaft... where does one disconnect the shift shaft on...
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    1970 evinrude 25 hp Q's

    Hiya,<br /><br />Tomorrow I'm gonna go look at a 1970 evinrude 25 hp tiller with electric start (model 2500C). Hasn't been used in about 3 years. Owner bought it as a backup motor about 15 years and says it has worked well when he has used it (which was not often). He bought it from the original...
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    temporary transducer mounting: suction cup vs stick&clamp ?

    Hiya,<br /><br />I looking to get a cheap FF for my beater 16' aluminum boat (tiller steer, no frills). I haven't decided whether to get a portable unit (suction cup mount transducer), or just get the regular kind and bring the head part inside when not in use (boat sits on shore at the cottage...
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