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    Fuel line problem

    If you get another shutdon like you had. Again ? You may have a BLOB of junk rolling around in the tank.
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    Engine runs perfectly for 30 minutes + then dies with no dash power

    Classic loose and or corrode electrical connections. Could be anywhere. And more than just 1 connection heating and viabrating loose enough. Start with both big battery posts and cable clamps. Any white crud around the posts ? Then check the place under the dashboard for loose connections. BOTH...
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    1989 Force 50 won’t idle after engine warms up

    The selling of old, run ito the dirt, boats and engines, with NO maintainance should be illegal !!! WE kill, destroy useless horses. Why not boats also ??
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    Gas - Oil Mixture on old Evinrudes outboards

    I have used ACE Hardware Water Cooled2 stroke forever. With NGK 1 rheat range hotter than standard. About every 3... 6 gallons tank fulls I add and mix in about 4 ounces of seafoam. Done Always use Marine High Test Non E dock gas . Hot or cold engine 1/4 of a second of cranking.
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    4.3LX & Weber Carb Service

    If nobody pulls it apart and starts changing fuel and air metering tubes for 5 stages of metering tubes? NO problem.
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    4.3LX & Weber Carb Service

    Weber carbs ARE A DIFFICULT / IMPOSSIBLE carburator for American DIY people to play with or get right. Especially if on the wrong sized engine.
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    1994 112 johnson special, blown cylinder? What now?

    Pass
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    Gas - Oil Mixture on old Evinrudes outboards

    I always mix 6 gallons at a time in the 14 gallon O B tank and the 6 gallon tank in a RUN DRY TANK. I run a tank TOTALLY DRY. THen switch to the other tank and run it dry. Always at 100 to 1 ratio doing it every summer since 1986. Same compression when I check hand pull resistance.
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    4.3 LX water in the oil...

    My usual negative thoughts about that oil & water Milkshake mixture in a engine all winter. Can be very bad for all shiny machined surfaces. All cylinder surfaces. Same for cam & lifters. You really need a cylinder head take down before anymore running. First pull off the Valve Covers. Good...
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    Clunking and prop slipping

    Did you stop the engine and raise it. To see if stuff is wrapped around the prop ?
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    Carb bolt torque

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    Coolant Disappearing, need help

    Weird head & intake gasket leaks will suck out out and put it into cylinders. Check how each spark plug looks. 1 or more may show the oil burning problem locations.
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    Awfull time launch & retrieve roller trailer

    Your few rollers are all corroded and stuck. Need to be replaced. Those side bunk boards could be too tight to the hull. Your trailer is rusted inside and outdside the main frame. Take boat and trailer to a marina that does....EXCELLENT ... trailer adjustments. Work is way beyond your doing...
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    My turn with a old boat that has a sudden loss of ALL battery power in a 45 year old boat.

    The cancer is really starting to eat my brain now. I took 5 minutes to figure out why I did, what I did. Boat is now normal again.
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    Lower unit

    A simple way to prevent problems during repairs. Take a picture of EVERY step. Of each part BEFORE you remove it. As you do disassembly. I still do it on somethings.
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    New canvas bow cover rolling at edges, solutions?

    I have had many Sunbrella covers for over 20 years ?? None ever changed shape or color. Some needed to be cleaned and made more water proof in a low area.
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    My turn with a old boat that has a sudden loss of ALL battery power in a 45 year old boat.

    Thank you Chris(y). I will return the logic to normal.
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    Raw water pump casing

    Is the spinning impellor metal of a non metal part ? I really would doubt that .015" is going to affect the pumping efficiency at all. That is nothing compared to the total volume of the pumping chamber. THat sealing O RING looks crumbly ? Is the temperature of the engine O K ? That sealing...
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    Sealing electrical connections?

    Post # 12 by dingbat is correct about BLACK WIRE conductors. I have run into it a few times. My BATTERY POWERED toys in a damp full basement with RECHARGEABLE batteries would cause it. The batteries were always the run down LIFEPO4 ones. Run down past 0 voltsand some were at -minus .5 vdc. If...
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    Sealing electrical connections?

    Post # 8 Is the BEST ADVICE to follow. As many of us have really old reliable boats and motors...... And plastic covered wire and pulley steering systems. As my best mechanics in the NY area tells me............... " If it is not worn out. Do not replace it. Oils and antifreezes are the...
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