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    Parts Swap

    I need to replace the exhaust housing on my 1983 Evinrude 15hp E15RCTA and was wondering if an exhaust housing from a newer Evinrude 15hp would work. I found a brand new replacement exhaust from MarineEngine.com for 90 dollars, but I also managed to find a few unsed ones on Ebay that are in...
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    Water pickup tube Evinrude 15HP

    Re: Water pickup tube Evinrude 15HP I took some pics of the exhaust housing and it was severaly corroded. The spot where the water tube grommet goes was completely gone (See below pics). I am going to order a new manifold, gasket, and water tube grommet. Whoever had this motor before me sure...
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    Water pickup tube Evinrude 15HP

    Re: Water pickup tube Evinrude 15HP So I got the powerhead pulled off today....Let me tell ya it was a son of a gun to get off. Anyways I am not really happy with what I am seeing. Lots of salt corrosion on everything. I have it soaking in salt away as I type this. I didn't see any kind of...
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    Water pickup tube Evinrude 15HP

    1983 Evinrude 15HP. So I have been having problems with my evinrude 15hp running hot at idle and weak stream from tell tale.. I decided to check a few things out today on the motor to try to target the problem. First thing I did was to pull the thermostat housing from the back of the engine. To...
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    Factory Fresh water flush adaptor

    I was just wondering if anyone knows in what years did outboard manufactures (OMC, Suzuki...) Start installing the factory connection to run a garden hose directly into the motor for fresh water flushing, instead of using the muffs? Thanks!
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    Tell Tail problems?

    I made a video of my 1983 15hp Evinrude running. I published it to YouTube and was wondering if y'all could take a look at it running and let me know if the idle sounds right and also if someone could let me know about the amount of water that I have coming out of the tail tale.I noticed when...
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    More trouble again....Evinrude 15hp

    So I finally got my 15HP Evinrude back together today after painting the block. I put the motor in a test tank and it started up after a few pulls. I ran it for about 15mins. While running I noticed that the motor will only idle when the tiller throttle is advanced to the fast position as shown...
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    Lower Unit Evinrude 15HP

    Hello everyone, I recently purchased a 1983 Evinrude 15HP SER#15RCTA. Picked the engine up for 300 from a person who did not take very good care of it. I am trying to bring her back to her glory days and use on a 14ft Jon boat. Engine will run good but I noticed that it wont pump water. I...
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    EVINRUDE T/T question

    When I was out on Sunday my Power T/T stopped working. I noticed that when I flip the switch I can hear the realy in the fuse box clicking. For a while now the solenoid on the T/T motor has made a horrible clicking noise when tilting up or down. I am ssuming that the solenoid motor finaly gave...
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    1982 Evinrude 75 HP need some help

    I have a 1982 Evinrude 75 HP. Motor has power T/T. It is mounted to the back of my 1978 Mckee Craft Cat Cay. The motor has run well the last few times that I took it out. Throtled up nicely and ran at WOT wihtout any problems. When I took the boat out on Sunday I noticed that when I push the...
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    Question about titling an outboard

    I am a South Carolina (Charleston) Resident. I did some work on my uncles boat for him and for payment he gave me a 2000 Mercury 9.9 in Cherry running condition. He recieved the O/B through a trade with a friend of his, here in Charleston who purchased the motor off of Ebay from a gentleman in...
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    What Kind of Mckee was this? Model?

    before I bought my 14 ft Mckee, I looked at a 16-17 ft mckee that was a side console. It was from what I can remember either a 1984 or a 1986 model year. it had two gear compartments in the front that drained stright into the drink. What model was this. The hull was rated for a 115 HP but had a...
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    Evinrude 9.9??????

    I have searched all over google and Iboats forum for an answer and have not found a defining one yet. I recently purchased a 1991 Evinrude 9.9 from a buddy of mine. Since I got it I have rebuilt the carb ( it was the first time I had ever cleaned a carb so I didnt adjust the float needle valve)...
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    I got me a new Boat!

    Hi everyone, New to the forum. I just purchased a 1978 14 FT Mckee Craft Cat Cay. The boat has a 1982 75 HP Evinrude. Boat is in good shape for it's age and motor runs rather well for its age as well. Trailer is a Cox brand tilt trailer and has only minor rust issues. I picked the whole package...
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