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    1998 115 engine sync

    I have a 1998 115 i rebuilt had it bored 20 over all 4 cylinders. Put it back together and it fired up but runs like crap it coughs and wants to stall out in idle. So i rebuilt carbs and they are like new!!! I did a link and sync, and it stoped the coughing due to the top butterflys being just a...
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    *****Timing HELP******

    I am tring to get the timing set on my 1998 90hp rude i am following the directions in the manual and set the fly wheel's TDC mark in line with the timing pointer measure 1 1/2 inches past that put a #1 mark set the piston stop tool then rotated the flywheel until the piston hit the tool made a...
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    pistom stop tool!!!

    I read all the threads i could find on the piston stop tool and i understand how to make one with a spakplug tapped with a bolt through it. What i dont understand is how far the bolt needs to extend into the cylinder for the piston to be at TDC. Do i just screw it in and when i feel the piston...
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    linc and sync

    is there a thread on here for the proper way to do a linc and sync if so i cant find it!
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    carb cleaning (HELP)

    I have about had it i have a 1998 115 cross flow that is missing/coughing i found it to be the top carb by sticking my fingers in the throat of the carb when i do this the motor runs like a top but as soon as i take my fingers out it is right back to coughing and sneezing i took top carb off...
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    low idle cleaning picture

    I have a 1998 115 crossflow i am going to clean the carbs does someone have a picture so i know what i am looking for of the low speed idle orafice that needs to be cleaned real well?
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    low idle cough

    I have a 1998 115 crossflow just rebuilt with about an hour on it rebuilt the carbs new powerpack good spark on all 4 cylinders new boysen reeds. It starts right up and idles but it coughs or has a small backfire non stop! when it idles it will cough and act like it wants to die then rev up to...
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    90 hp just rebuilt

    i just rebuilt a 1998 90 hp cross flow put in the test drum and fired it up. Motor runs good other than it idles high i dont have a tach hooked up so i cant give exact rpms but from experince i can tell it is idling high i tried adjusting all the idle screws ect with no luck i can back the cam...
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    evinrude wire harness HELP

    i have an 90 hp 1998 evinrude cross flow it has the new wire harness with the three black plugs instead of the red one. my control box has the red plug. I have the adapters for the three black plugs with a pigtail of wire coming off but someone cut the red plug so i cant just connect them so i...
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    Engine to control box harness

    I have the red plug coming from my control box and I got a newer motor with the three smaller black plugs it is a 1998 90 hp cross flow is there a way to take those three black plugs and splice them into a red plug so it will plug into the rud plug coming off the control box?
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    gasket sealant?????

    I am putting together a 1998 90 hp rude cross flow i am about to mount the intake manifold with the reed blocks to the block do i use sealant on the gasket between the block and intake manifold? There a a few small holes that look like air passages and i am affraid the sealer will clog them?
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    painting the powerhead

    i just rebuild my 90 hp crossflow and want to paint it do you recommend sandblasing it then painting it or using some type of paint remover? it has spots where the paint is missing so just painting over it probably wont work.
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    upper main bearing

    I have my 90 hp rude apart 1998 cross flow i figure since i have it apart i would replace my lower and upper crank bearings does anyone know how to remove the upper main bearing from the crank case head assembely? Or do you recommend leaving it alone and not replacing it?
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    reed block instalation

    i have a 90 hp rude i am putting boysen reeds in i bought new gaskests and they have one sticky side and the other is not which side should i put the stick side of the gasket on? the reed block or intake manifold? and should i use some sealent on the non sticky side?
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    gel seal vs permatex 518

    I am gonna use permatex 518 when putting the two halvs of my 90 hp rude block together but the 518 directions say to use permatex surface prep on one half of the block before assembely but i cant find this surface prep anywhere is it needed? or do you use something else?
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    connecting rods

    out of 4 connecting rods 1 is perfect one is trash and two are questionable of the two that are questionabl i need your advice 1 has a perfect wrist pin journal not ncik or anything but where it connect to the crank there is a pit the size of the point on a sharp pencil in the middle of the...
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    painting block

    I am gonna paint my block after i rebuild it. I am gonna sand blast it I was told i need a good etching primer any ideas? also i want to clean the water ways around the block can i use muratic acid or will this eat the block?
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    carbon fiber reeds

    does anyone know of anyother carbon fiber reeds out there other than boysen? to use in a 90 hp evinrude.
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    90 hp rebuild

    so i got a 90 hp block not sure of the year i got this number off the top of the block on the freeze plug R8551669 i am gonna put it on a 1998 115 crossflow midsection i looked at both blocks where they mount to the mid section they are identical so i was wondering can i use the heads off the...
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    will it fit?

    i have a evinrude 1998 115 cross flow motor the block is shot. I found a nice 90 hp block unsure of the year but if i set the two blocks next to each other they look identical other than the 90 has the flat back and the 115 bubble back. Will the crank and rods from the 115 fit the 90? and will...
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