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    1993 9.9 johnson flywheel trouble

    Good morning guys.<br />Just got back from my garage,where last night, I set my outboard flywheel puller nice and tight on the flywheel of this little project engine.I doused it in penetrating oil and waited all night for the magic to happen.Except,it didn't.<br />My manual for this one is still...
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    9.9 johnson rebuild.

    I am currently rebuilding a 1975 Johnson 9.9 hp.<br />While searching for replacement pistons I found a conflict between different manuals.Where Seloc implies that the pistons are the same from 1974 and on,other books claim that a change was made in 1981,appearently with the thickness of the...
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    Hailing Flyrod.

    I must be a complete nut case,but I chartered Kevin Twomble's boat for March 10 to go out to Stellwagen.<br />If you see a couple of icicles stumbling through Gloucester on friday afternoon march 10th,It will be me and my buddies.<br />We will need some serious clamchowder.Where in Gloucester...
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    Health insurance.

    As I was reading about the medicaid /medicare budget cuts,I got to thinking about my own health care.<br />Heaven thanks,me and my family are completely covered so in a way I am a spectator and as such inclined to think that everybody should get as much as I get.<br />Health care in the USA is a...
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    promotions.

    It never rains,but it pours.<br />In the past month,both my wife and I were promoted.My wife is now the development administrator of the chemistry department of the University of Rochester.I went up an additional rung on the stepladder of civil service.Between the two of us that means a yearly...
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    promotions

    Finally.<br />This is our good luck year.The wife got promoted to administrator of development at the U of R(ochester),I got promoted at work.Her raise is $10000 and mine is $10000.<br />Now as cream on the pie,The University of Rochester announced that it will pay full tuition benefits for...
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    Do you still have a boat?

    It used to be that almost everybody on this board came here because of some connection to boating.Now it seems to me that the board has lost that boat connection uniqueness.How many of you posters actually own a boat and how many stumbled upon the board without being a boater?
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    ebay problem.

    About 2 months ago I sold a nice 1967 50 horse merc on ebay with the condition that the buyer will take care of transport.I would take it to the transport company for him.The guy paid for the engine,I crated it and sent him the dimensions so he can make arrangements.Then,no more contact.I...
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    Is limbaugh preparing for the big times??

    I followed a few threads about a certain radio talk host and it seems that some people take his words very serious.<br />Could it be that with all the publicity Rush is creating for himself,he is actually preparing a spring board to launch himself into the political arena?He certainly has enough...
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    Is history repeating itself?

    Just the other day as I was rummaging through my old news paper clippings,I came upon some old library of congress notes.The subject discussed was colonialism and then secretary of state Foster Dulles.<br />It described how the USA championed the struggle of colonies against their colonial...
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    Barley wine

    Does anybody here have a good way to make your own barley wine?
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    red neck joke

    What does it mean when a redneck drools beer from both sides of his mouth?<br />It means that his trailer stands level.
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    Cross-over lures.

    I am not sure whether to post this in fresh or salt water fishing.<br />Lately I started experimenting a bit with salt water lures in fresh water.Using 3 and 5 ounce bucktail lures in red ,purple and white, and green ones.So far I have come up with Ontario kings and Cohos on the buck tail.Same...
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    Potential wage cuts for rebuilding workers.

    President Bush removed the Davis-Bacon wage protections for construction workers on gulf coast rebuilding projects.Those protections are supposed to ensure that these workers earn a prevailing wage.Not a union wage,not a high wage.The prevailing wage for construction specialists down there is...
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    Evolution versus Creation

    I was not present during either evolution or creation so I cannot bear witness as to which one is true.<br />I understand that creationists do believe literally word for word what is written in the bible.If that understanding is correct,do creationists believe that the earth is flat and that the...
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    What you need to become under secratary of homeland security and head of FEMA

    You have to be a friend or protege of a Bush man,and in Brown's case you have to be commissioner of the international arabian horse association.That my friends is the experience in disaster relief that the director of FEMA brought to the job.Bush was right.Brown did the best he could and the...
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    Looking for Salmon on Lake Ontario

    This should be the time that they are staging near the rivers.Has anyone hit a good spot yet??If so,How deep and at what overall water depth?Are they still below the thermocline??
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    1986 50 horse rebuilding troubles

    I completely rebuilt a 1986 50 horse evinrude.I replaced the pistons had the cylinders done 20 oversize,replaced the seals and so on.So it is completely rebuild now.Also the VRO was replaced with a regular fuel pump.It still sneezes a bit while running on the muffs and I suspect the fuel supply...
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    To Soulwinner in answer to questions about hillary and the jewish vote.

    Hello Soulwinner.<br />There is an emotional reason why the jewish vote is often democratic.The gates of the concentration camps were opened by American soldiers and freedom and life was returned to the prisoners within.The camp inmates were afterwards welcomed in the United states.<br />This...
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    crank case sealant

    I have to reseal the crankcase of a 1986 2 cylinder 50 horse Evinrude.The OMC service manual calls for gel seal 2 and Dhadly in a 2001 thread mentions that is has to be an anaerobic sealant called Loctite Gasket Eliminator.The only Anaerobic sealant i could find so far is automotive grade...
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