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    Black scuff marks on cylinder walls

    😁yeah well dont look at nothing else aye ....just put it back together and go boating , 😂😂
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    Black scuff marks on cylinder walls

    They are bubbles in the ally casting that have been exposed by the machining and as said above dont worry about them ............and dont think about all the big ones you cant see😈 😂😂
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    old pictures

    Me ,must have been about 6-7......late 60's
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    My next table project

    Older ones are just wood but newer ones are coated/dunked in creosote but they are a softer local wood ( they burn real well in my log burner ). To be fair All the older ones I have seen have been taken out of service within the last 10 years ,most around here were new from about 1947 so I...
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    My next table project

    Yep ,I did that when I dressed up a few hardwood ( I think its Australian ironwood ) railway sleepers (I think you guys call them ties ) for an outdoor tabletop .
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    My next table project

    Im impressed Joe , some nice looking stuff. I am dismantling 2 sheds at my house , partly coz the roof is knackered but also because someone used a whole bunch of old native timber to build them .....and I need new bench tops in my kitchen . Woodwork was def not one of my skills but Im going to...
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    Ruh-Roh… a new gear case may be in order

    😁Not something you will forget in a hurry I bet . Did you have witnesses , ah I mean passengers 😀 on board ?
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    Ruh-Roh… a new gear case may be in order

    🙂 Yeah I figured you probly would .😁 I was wondering how that could happen , musta had a good whack from the side, mmmmmm🤔
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    Black scuff marks on cylinder walls

    Yeah , I could go for that but I think the pistons and rings are in to good a condition to have been involved in a serious damage to a cylinder wall event , who knows ?🤔🙂
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    Ruh-Roh… a new gear case may be in order

    After the motor had melted another piston ( long story ) evidenced by melted ally stuck to the spark plug , I slammed the cover back on the motor ( pissing blood🤬😠 )jumped in the car and headed home ,after a few k's I realised I couldn't see outboard cover in rear view mirror. In my haste to...
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    Ruh-Roh… a new gear case may be in order

    Has nobody else noticed ½ the skeg missing ?😁. Not a.biggie but ...... Definitely an overall win tho 😊 good skills Jimdirt .
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    Ruh-Roh… a new gear case may be in order

    Yeah , it didnt sound right when I typed it . I lost the package it came in but maybe the 1st gps (Hummingbird ) was navonics gold (I def had that card in one of my gps /plotters ). I got ripped actually coz I bought the Lowrance and the slimey little in the shop also sold me the Cmap...
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    Ruh-Roh… a new gear case may be in order

    We call them chartplotters here and depending on the actual chart installed you get differing features . Mine shows hazardous rocks as X's and it also give me a map of the ocean floor showing all structure , depth contours . My neighbour thinks Im mad cos I sit in the boat in my driveway for...
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    Ruh-Roh… a new gear case may be in order

    Ha , Im just doing a 2 x 8m concrete floor ext for my shed .🙂
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    Black scuff marks on cylinder walls

    Well I think your good to go , snot perfect but that looks like a lot of used motors and I have seen way worse that was still running . If you cant feel the marks they cant be that bad . If the engine went ok last season and has reasonable compression Id let it pass . I think such marks are...
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    Ruh-Roh… a new gear case may be in order

    Nyah , looks like scrap to me 😂😂 Woohoo ! Looks the beans Jim , Prop looks newish too 👍 bonus 🍺. The ole "make one out of two.... or three " is fun specially if it works and cost fa . I, for one are keen to see how it goes .
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    1989 175hp Mercury starting issue

    Other thing is that if it is a weak starter for whatever reason , opening the throttle also advances the spark . If you give it wot you applying full advance at cranking speed .....which wont help. What condition are the ring gear and pinion ? If a smear of grease on the pinion teeth improves...
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    Should I start a work thread?

    Sounds good . I love watching other peeps doing dumb stuff, and some of the reasons/excuses . There is one on yt about customers cars and there is some mind blowing stuff on that😀.
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    1977 85 H.P. Evinrude Model # 85895C S# J0003143. Low idle issue.

    Yep 🙂 I am waiting for Ali to deliver my belt wrench thing so I can torque the flywheel nut properly . Mmmm, decent quality torque wrenches that can do left hand threads are a bit thin on the ground . 😀
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    Ruh-Roh… a new gear case may be in order

    Yes Jim I think cutting carefully from the OUTSIDE of your not total SCRAP gearcase is a good plan ,and sussing out just what is not damaged . Just coz some smartypants tells you its scrap aint nessessarily true and anyhow us real mechanics like to find out for ourselves where as some others...
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