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    how to test the Jabsco Rayline spot light switch

    every once in a while it will rotate left and after pulling the switch it moved right just a little. The model number is 61026. It has the speed control, on off on switch and the joy stick with about 7 or 8 wires and a couple bare posts. I think the red is the power as it comes off the speed...
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    is 1100 hours on a boat to many

    I'm looking at a 1987 Sea Ray Sundancer 270 and the boat has twin mercruiser 4.3's in it with 1100 hours on them. The boat is at a marina in Dubuque IA and I talked to the sales person today and he told me that they did a mechanical check out of the boat when they got it and winterized it. Said...
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    Prop question for a Johnson trolling motor

    Hello all, I just picked up a 1991 Johnson trolloing motor model number BFL2TK and was wondering if you can put a different prop on it like a minkota prop in stead of the omc prop? I looked my motor up and they have a 83/8 x4 and a 12 1/2 by 4 and that was omc. Would this be like proping a...
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    installing a tronsom in a aluminum boat

    Hello all. I bought this blue fin aluminum boat and when I got it home had a suspicion the transom was bad so took the cap off and wow. totally wasted. I had to dig it out it was so wet and rotten. Anyway got it all cleaned out and got some plywood and since I didn't have the template of the old...
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    quick question about Idling on muffs versus in the water

    1972 50 horse evinrude, Been working on it a while and it sounds and runs great. I tried adjusting the throttle cable and got it to run about 1100 rpm in the driveway at idle I had noticed before that it would'nt idle that high in the water. Same thing tonight. Idle dropped down to about 400...
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    DVA reading all over the place

    Working on a 1972 Evinrude 50 hp lark. Have posted several posts now have a new problem. I developed a miss first at wot then at half then down to just above idle. Started testing and noticed one new coil blew. tested the power pack and from the cdi website I determined the pack was bad. Got a...
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    Don't think I'm getting 100 percent power out of 1972 Evinrude lark 50 hp

    Been working on this old motor and think I'm close. Have posted other post on other questions. I'm running a 16 foot lowe jon boat wide bottom with a 17 pitch cupped alum prop. Have good hole shot planes out real nice runs smooth from idle threw hole shot to plane , cruise about 2500 rpm real...
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    What tach for my engine

    Hello, I just fixed up a 1972 evinrude lark 50 hp model number 50273C and was wondering what tach to get for it. I heard you could only use omc tacks also how do you know how many pols to set? Thanks in advance.
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    1972 50 hp evinrude electric shift harness question.

    went to change the impeller on my electric shift and messed up the wire harness down to the shift solenoid's. I tried to separate them and put it back together but I lost neutral that way. went from forward with the forward button then hit the neutral button and it went to reverse. I know it was...
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    1972 50 hp evinrude lark w/ hydro shift trouble shooting

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    1972 50 hp evinrude lark w/ hydro shift trouble shooting

    Hello, I had posted a couple days ago about thoughts on price on this engine but since I bought it now I need to get it running. It came with one coil off and the man said it just died one day so I'm assuming they were going to try and fix it then he got sick and it just sat. My compression...
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    thoughts on price

    Hello, I'm looking at a little bass boat that has a 1972 evinrude lark on it. It's got the trolling motor, the shifter, has stick steering that works smooth, trailer is a little tilt trailer not all rusted out. the evinrude seems to have good compression turning by hand. the boat been sitting a...
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    1985 Mercury Mariner water in lower oil and oil comming out exhaust tub after sitting

    I been working on this motor and got it running fine thanks to this website but now I have lower unit problems. I thought it was the prop shaft seal so I just replaced that. Took it to the river and ran it in the water and you could tell exhaust was blowing out lower unit oil. I let it sit and...
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    new isue on 115 inline 6 Mariner. water coming out from around spark plug

    About ready to part the motor out but thought I'd get some more help here. Got the old thing running for a while tonight and looked back and water was coming out of number one plug. Thought it was coming out of the threaded hole were I guess the temp valve goes but plugged that and still got...
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    1985 Mariner 115 inline six colored stator wires question

    On my engine the blue/white and red/white have the yellow indication sleeve on them. They were hooked up to the bottom pack. Wiring diagram shows solid red and blue to go to bottom pack and blue/white, red/white to top. Does it make a difference how they hook up? I assume they do since one set...
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    Starting over on spark isues on 1985 Mariner 115

    In line 6 and I'll be counting coils from top 1 to bottom 6. I have fire on the top 3 coils. 1 and 3 go to the top switch box. 2 goes to the bottom. I was getting spark on number 5 which goes to the top switch box and nothing on 4 and 6 which goes to the bottom switch box. Now I'm not getting...
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    Water draining from block after you pull out from the river?

    Quick question. Does all the water drain out of your outboard when you pull out of the river or is there anything you should or can drain? Thanks 1985 Mariner 115
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    does the toggle switch on the remote controle need to be on or off 1985 Mariner 115

    On my remote control there is a switch with a orange lead coming off looks like you clip it on the driver. Is that the kill switch? There is also a toggle switch on the aft end of the housing. What is that and should that be in the on position or off? The first mentioned switch, I pulled that...
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    1985 Mariner 115 inline six no spark

    Hello all. I just today picked up this bass boat for the trailer and the engine. I did a compression test before I bought the rig and it read 120 or so across all 6. I had to bring my own battery. I got it home and thought I'd put the battery back in and see if it would fire. I put gas to it and...
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    what would cause severe uneven tire wear on a single axle trailer?

    16 foot jon boat with haulrite single axle trailer 1982. my tires are bald on the outside of the tread and like knew on the inside. Any ideas what could cause this? It is doing the same on both sides of the trailer.
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