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    which resin for fiberglass hull repair

    fortunately, both of my fiberglass hulls are intact, but i like to have a strategy in place in advance of a repair. i'm pretty comfy with working with fiberglass in general, from repairing my surfboards over the years. my surboards have been of the traditional polyester resin type. but epoxy...
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    is this electric shift or manual?

    i was asking this question in a slightly related thread that was started by someone else, so i figured i'd clean it up a little and make it easy by making a quick thread dedicated to my exact question. i bought a '75 evinrude 50hp, that i already paid for, but haven't gone and picked up yet...
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    50hp powerhead on 40hp leg and lower?

    wondering if my '75 50hp evinrude's powerhead will fit on this motor's bottom half? and here is the 50hp, '75 evinrude whose powerhead i'd like to put on the 15" setup above and I was going to put my new 50 on a jackplate on my 15" transom boat...but this would be better...if it would...
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    best position to put in trunk of a car?

    i just bought that '75, 50 hp evinrude that "idles too high" or "won't idle" that the seller's mechanic said had good compression but needs a carb rebuild. paid $400 for it. he was flooded with offers for parts motor alone, apparently. it's about a half hour's drive from me, and i'll be...
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    grease compatibility guess by looking?

    bought a small boat last fall, light, single axle trailer type of deal. trailer has brand new hubs and freshly packed bearings courtesy of the previous owner just before he sold it to me. for christmas, i got a pair of nice new stainless bearing buddies to put on my new [old] trailer. the...
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    idle too high, mid-70's 50hp

    looking at a used '75 50hp evinrude. owner seems and sounds like a straight shooter. says it starts and runs, but idles too high. to me, this means that it won't "idle" at all, but is actually running off the high-speed circuit of the carburetor. i'm guessing all that would need to be done...
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    big twin rubber engine cover seal replacement options

    1959 super seahorse 35hp rds21b... just as i assume all outboards have, mine has the rubber seal between the removable engine cover and the lower half it mates to. well, you can probably guess, my rubber is pretty munged up. before i go hit up my guy who sources parts for me, i was wondering...
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    spark testing and spark strength testing

    my 1959 super seahorse, 35hp, rds21b is running fine right now, but i always want a course of action already doped out in case i run into troubles. this thing has run well since the day i bought it, 9 months ago, and i almost feel as if I'm "cheating" or on "borrowed time" with it because it's...
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    big twin shaft length/transom height?

    1959 super seahorse, 35hp, rds21b... it is mounted on my 13.5', 1960 span america with a 15" transom. see this photo i wonder if this motor is really a smidge too tall for the transom height? i'm only guessing this based on the fact that the cavitation plate appears to be about 2" lower than...
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    replacement steering cable? pulley style

    my vintage runabout has steering via that plastic coated steel cable, with pulleys rigged up at the corners. not near as nice and smooth as a teleflex cable, but virtually impervious to salt water. :) anyway, my cable is becoming a little natty looking, with some of the plastic sheathing...
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    big twin routing wire for points grounding?

    my rds21b super seahorse '59 35hp... runs great, but the previous owner had removed the wires from the point sets that are used for grounding them out for shutdown purposes. ive got the flywheel off for the purpose of hooking them back up but I don't have any pictures of what the routing...
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    small aluminum for a 9.9, shopping help

    considering a small aluminum, small/light enough to strap on top of a car, and plane out with my strong 9.9 evinrude. thing is, i don't know the brands or web sites to search to look at pics and read specs and such. maybe i'll start with our very own, iboats right after i post this. anyway...
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    closing split engine harness tubing?

    engine: '59 super seahorse, 35hp, rds21b, big twin the last few inches of the engine harness, the end farthest from the engine is split on mine. doesn't seem to affect performance, but still. it was there for a reason. so, i'm kicking around a couple of ideas for "fixing" it. 1] heat-shrink...
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    look at my hull for design, not damage

    i don't know much about hull design, so i want somebody to look a the hull of my classic runabout. it's a 13.5' span america that i have been running with a 35hp classic johnson. it runs well and planes out pretty easily with two onboard and a bunch of gear. it only has two actual seats...
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    drill then seal transom holes the right way?

    considering adding a jack plate to my runabout. construction of the transom is your typical glass-wood-glass sandwich. if i add a jack plate, i'll have to drill through the transom, but once done, i don't know the proper way to seal out the water to keep it from getting to the wood core. i...
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    lubing control cables, big twin

    my rds21b 35hp '59 super seahorse works great, and i want to keep it that way. as such, i live a couple of blocks from the ocean, [possible salt air issues?], and i use my boat in the ocean. so far, the control cables, [throttle and shift] still work great, but i feel like i ought to lube them...
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    johnnyrude guy looking at a yamaha?

    yes, you heard right. some of you know that i've been considering upping my game from a 35 to a 50 for my 13.5' vintage runabout. the 2-stroke-era johnnyrudes are hard to find. i've found a 2-stroke 50hp yamaha that looks like a late-80's johnnyrude. i intentionally didn't post about it on...
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    big twin cutout switch

    1959 rds21b 35hp super seahorse mine runs great, but i am trying to learn as much about it as possible. the cutout switch thing with the vacuum tube on it appears to be bypassed by whoever maintained the motor before i got it. can i just plug the vacuum hose and remove the cutout switch. or...
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    why is 50hp hard to find?

    been doing some searching around for "lightweight-era" 2-stroke 50hp johnnyrudes. by that i mean, 2-stroke, non-oil-injection. pretty much searching the whole southwestern usa craigslist. and at any given time there are either 0 or maybe 1 for sale, while there are dozens of 25hp and lower and...
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    50hp, 15" shaft? do they exist?

    Probably shouldn't be a power hungry fool...but i can't help at least _considering_... Anyway, my 1960 sporty little 13.5' span america does pretty well with its 35hp big twin, '59 super seahorse, rds21b. it's the one that fits 15" transoms. the rdsl is for 20" transoms. still, i'm a...
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