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    Help - I sheared off the bolt holding the Shift Lever on the Bell Crank!!

    Can you get access to the other end of the bolt ?
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    2001 Yamaha 90 2 stroke top bearing noise

    How much play do you have . These things have ball bearings and they do have a bit of clearance...like a couple of thou ....the sort of clearance you may feel if you give it a wobble but if you can see movement its probly to much , and its an engine apart job to replace the bearing.
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    What's your best "MacGyver it" boat, non-boat story?

    One night wife and I were driving over the Crown range ( highest main road in NZ ) and got waved down by some guy ( with an hysterical woman and screaming kids in the car ) broken down . Turns out the in tank fuel pump had crapped out ( easily found because he told me he had just fixed it 🙄)...
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    Help - I sheared off the bolt holding the Shift Lever on the Bell Crank!!

    If there is any movement between the shift lever and bell crank it will get worse with use. I think further drilling will be difficult as your 1st hole is way off centre. Good luck 🙂
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    aftermarket water pump repair kits

    I bought a JS Proxal waterpump kit off ebay for my Honda , very happy with it ,
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    1995 Force 120 will no longer idle

    Sometimes ebay just has a generic pic of an item ,usually small print says "actual item may differ from pic " but yeah , sorta puts a bit of strain on the confidence ( I have a set of rings for the "other " 4hp Yamaha )
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    Help - I sheared off the bolt holding the Shift Lever on the Bell Crank!!

    Easy outs are not magic , gotta be careful , if you use to big an easy out you risk flaring out the end of the bolt jamming it in even tighter. I like the straight fluted ones, bang em in hard to cut some grooves and then pull it out and the bolt will spring back a bit then refit the easy out...
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    Bought Boat and Steering is locked up

    😆😆 Dude ! have I got a deal for you, car runs and drives like new.....oh and yeah ...the ideal matching boat ,hasn't leaked a drop out of it the whole time I have had it . 😂😂
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    What kind of damage from an I/O in salt water for 2-3 years?

    Yeah airshot ,that was my feeling re the lack of water in the boat. Just doesnt stack up.
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    What kind of damage from an I/O in salt water for 2-3 years?

    My boat is mid 80's ,4.2m fibreglass and apart from being covered in dust and cat paw prints its like new hull wise.
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    Bought Boat and Steering is locked up

    Yeah I think I will get a new tilt tube this time round I ruined 2 x 20 bore shotgun bore brushes cleaning it out last time and used it twice ,sat for a winter in a shed and now seized again Huh , the tilt tube nuts /thread is ⅞" unc , I thought it would be metric coz everything else is.
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    Random

    I think a demonstration is called for 😆
  13. M

    What is that clanking sound

    Here is a good flywheel puller , 20 bucks NZ . Forged steel , works a treat , thanks Temu
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    Bought Boat and Steering is locked up

    Yeah well your not wrong about that , I just went out and give it another whack with a copper hammer and it feels welded in there. I forgot to get a pic of my pusher .....maybe tomorrow 🙂.
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    What kind of damage from an I/O in salt water for 2-3 years?

    Old pommie saying "wouldnt touch it with a 40 foot barge pole (barge pole is like what the Venetian gondoliers use to push their gondolas along ), and I mean its so dodgy I wouldnt even touch it with someone elses barge pole 😁. I have been where you are now and sometimes all the small things...
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    What kind of damage from an I/O in salt water for 2-3 years?

    Not even with someone elses barge pole 😁
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    dpsm outdrive holds pressure after seal repair but not vacuum.

    I always put grease on a new seal , between the lips if it is either a double or triple lip seal. Seals are like pump impellers in that it only takes a few seconds to wipe them out if they are run dry .
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    Bought Boat and Steering is locked up

    Psychic too Scott ? No mention of age in op , nor any indication of actual usage. If the cable has worn thru ( as you guess ) why does the helm need replaced ? If the cable inner has worn thru ( how would you know ) simply loosen the cable outer at both ends and rotate about its axis ½ a turn...
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    1995 Force 120 will no longer idle

    A not very good tuners trick is to bend the reed stoppers so to allow the reeds to open further . There should be a spec to set the stoppers . It is possible that a po has bent the stoppers ,this wont help longevity of the reeds so maybe look into this before replacing reeds. Just found these...
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    Bought Boat and Steering is locked up

    See this is part of the reason dealers are loosing to the internet. FFS Scott ,telling somebody asking for help to just replace the whole system before finding out what is actually wrong is just bollocks , shame on you . Tinjum, I have just made myself a pusher ( not really a puller ) to push...
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