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    1986 115 tower of power cylinder wear

    Yeh, I always run them a little rich on oil. In my 61 I run it at about 20:1 since it called for 16:1 sae 30. I learnt my lesson with my favorite 56 running 32:1 in it. She went to heaven, but that was after 10 years of a lot of use. This one will run 40:1 with the cheap tcw gallon juggs from...
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    1986 115 tower of power cylinder wear

    Yeh, I just did the core in the boat that was a bit of a job. I usually cheat and prop them to rev a bit over with just me in it. But that way I'm not stuck changing props when I have 4 people in it or want to pull a tube. Does this thing have a rev limiter in it? And what rpm is it set at, I...
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    1986 115 tower of power cylinder wear

    That's pretty much along the lines of what I was thinking. But I will say that damage has nothing to do with side thrust. The rings and piston have scoring on them that you can pick up with your fingernail, and only at that middle exhaust port on that cylinder. It picked something up at some...
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    1986 115 tower of power cylinder wear

    Ok, so i picked this 86 115 up to go on an old wildcat. I bought it off someone i know and if he said it ran well i believe him completely. the trouble started since ive been running it on the watermuffs(just mounted it up on the boat). i noticed a water leak at the exhaust cover where the...
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    how fast ?

    Here it goes. I'm not really sure if this is a great idea or a really bad one. the boat looks to be in disrepair but i'm really just cutting a few rotten spots out of it and reinforcing it along the way, the transom and structure are still very strong. with a 9.5 and a factory prop i was seeing...
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    1954 Johnson 10 HP Parts.

    Hi. I've posted on this forum a few times before about this engine and a few others and always got a great response, so i figured this is worth a shoot. I've been using this motor about two summers now and what little rubber was left of the cowl mounts has simply turned to dust at this point...
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    Mercury KE-7 tuned pipes

    Hi i have got may hands on a KE-7 just as a motor that i can put on a sea flea probably a tiny titan, although i wanted a kg-7 i haven't found one at a reasonable price here in Canada in two years of looking so i settled for a e, i know i wont get the insane rpms out of it however i want the old...
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    need more power. 1954 johnson QD-15

    Hi. I have a 1954 johnson 10 hp that i like to run on a 8' tiny titan sea flea, all together me and the boat wegh under 300 lbs with everything except the motor. I was wondering what the best prop would be to get the most top end speed. Further more I run the motor without a cowling, pull start...
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    1965 Evinrude sportwin trouble

    Hi i recently purchased a 1965 evinrude sportwin 9.5 Hp outboard. I got the motor which had supposedly ran the year before however it was obvious it had not ran in years on closer inspection at home. The motor refused to run at all so i did a total rebuild on the carb by cleaning all openings...
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