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    Reverse out - Not shift rod

    ('88 90hp yamaha) At least i dont think its the shift rod. pulled it out and its looks stright, no twists, no rust, looks brand new. when i turn the shift gear on the lower unit, and then turn the drive shaft, all 3 positions work correctly.....forward turns the prop, reverse turns it the...
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    power head removal

    trying to remove the PH on my 1988 90hp yamaha. i have followed the repair manual to disconnect everything and removed the 11 bolts that it says holds the PH on. but i cannot get it to break loose. the book says you may need to use a wooden pry bar to break the seal. tried that and broke a...
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    dinged my prop

    I hit a stump and put a ding in my alum. prop. Its about an inch long and ? inch deep. Theres no metal missing, jest bent it a little. Am I alright to just hammer this out, or does it need to be repaired professionally.
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    got my boat stuck in a tree

    I went to the lake this weekend and ran my flat bottom alum. boat onto a submerged tree that was just below the surface. I was back in a cove that was full of standing timber, and it was b4 sunrise, so I was going very slow, but I got stuck on top of it anyway. The only way off was to gas it...
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    does water still flow when telltale is frozen?

    i went out the other day to duck hunt. in the evening, on the way back in the telltale wasn?t putting out any water. I stopped, and felt around the cyl head and block and it felt cool, so I kept going keeping an eye on it. It never got hot so I figured that even tho the telltale was frozen...
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    transducer placement

    i'm trying to get the transducer for my hummingbird pirhana max10 transom mount to give a reading at speed. i had it located so that the bottom of the transducer was .25" below flush with the bottom of the boat. i got a reading up to about 8mph. i thought that it should give a reading at...
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    tongue weight and hinge question

    i need to add a hinge to the tounge of my trailer so it will fit in the garage. with 10% of the weight on the tounge i dont have enuf room for the hinge. i saw somewhere on here that someone said tounge weight could be between 7-10%. i have enuf room for the hinge with 8.65% of the weight on...
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    new prop, lower RPM

    took my old 13x17 prop to the repair shop and they said it had 3" worn off the blades. it ran my 90hp yamaha at 5500rpm, the motors range is 45-5500, so i was just right. the new one is a 13.25x17, and, with so much more material runs the boat at 4800rpm. thats still in the range of my motor...
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    Prop diameter

    what limits me on my max prop. diameter. currently i have a SS 13x17 that needs replaced. going to replace with alum. cause of price, but sticking with same pitch. some of the ones i have been finding online range from a 13.25 - 15 inch diameter. so is there any reason i wouldnt want to go...
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    Replacing Pump Impeller

    as far as once a year maintenance...do you replace just the impeller, or the whole housing, gasket, impeller setup? if just the impeller, how often do you replace everything?
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    is there anyway to test coils

    i am trying to track down an engine poblem, not running well. i switched the coils around and get diff results at diff postions with the same coil. is there any way to test it one is bad?
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    Water in Cylinders

    1986 90hp Yamaha. Pulled the plugs and the top 2 had water drops and were black. #3 was good. Last weekend it started cutting out at full throttle. I'm guessing one of two gaskets.......Head gasket or head cover gasket? or is it something else?
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    Testing choke solenoid

    Is there a way to test if my automatic choke solenoid is functional. Its not working, but I?m not sure if it is broken or if its just not wired correctly. The plunger moves freely, and the connections look good.
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    Balancing trailer load

    To fit my boat in my old garage I had to move the winch forward on the trailer some to make the distance b/t prop and trailer tounge as short as possible. My new garage is even shorter and I have go with a hinge on the trailer tounge, which means I need to move the winch back to get at more...
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    WOT RPM on '86 Yamaha 90hp

    have been looking for this info but only find info as far back as '96. the '96 motors say 4500-5500 RPM at WOT. is this the same for my '86?
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    Winterizing

    I was just reading the winterizing sticky in the engine faq forum. I never winterize my engine, but I use it more then 10 months of the year. I have a john boat that?s decked like a bass boat with a 90hp Yamaha. I fish all summer and hunt from it till about the middle of Jan. And start all...
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    Storage Bin Trim

    I have metal trim around the edges of my storage bin lids. They don?t look that great and have some sharp edges. It seems like I have seen black rigid plastic trim on other boats, but cant find it. Whats the proper name for it, or does anyone have a link? Thanks.
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    Trailer Lights Always Go Out

    I just put all new lights on my trailer, and I have the same problem I had with the old wiring/light setup. As soon as I dip it into the water a bulb pops. They are submersible lights. I guess cause they are on pretty much the whole way down the ramp so they get hot, and then you dip them in...
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    Tire Size

    I?m towing a 18.5? lowe condor, which I think is around 900 lbs. without motor or decking, so I would say less then 2000 pounds total. I have radial ?car? tires on my trailer and they always look flat even tho they have the right pressure. The size is 165x80R13. I saw a set of trailer tires...
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    how to wire in second battery for 12v

    parallel - black to black and red to red, right? this will give me 12v and more longevity then one deep cycle. when charging i only have to clip to one right?
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