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  1. micmor64

    1959 Sea King (Gale) 35HP Mercury Cut Out Switch Bad

    funny, before I put this post up, I could not find any inventory for this switch. I found another site claiming that a 1959 Gale was essentially a 1958 Johnson, so that is what I was searching for on Marineengine. Guess I'll pour over that site again. Question 2 still remains, assuming I can...
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    1959 Sea King (Gale) 35HP Mercury Cut Out Switch Bad

    I re-built this motor some twenty years ago and it was running very strong when my father in-law passed, close to ten years now, we just put it aside. Now, I'm trying to bring it back to life and ran into a snag. There are dual mercury switches on the tiller gear. One for grounding the...
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    9.9 High Thrust Operating RPM

    The outboard is a new 1999 9.9 High Thrust Yamaha. The boat is a 26' St. Pierre Dory displacement hull with a displacement of roughly 3600 lbs. The prop is a factory 11 3/4 x 9. At 850/900rpm my gps shows 3.5 mph and I am attaining hull speed at a measured 1950 rpm and wot at 2200 rpm. At...
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    Help... Brand new BF2.3 Floods Out

    Bought a New BF2.3 in August this year (been a 35+ year user of "old" Evenrudes/Johnsons and decided to finally quit tinkering and just upgrade). After 5 times on the lake in Aug/Sept and being very careful to follow Hondas' "break-in" process, I put almost 16 hours on the engine and it ran...
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