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    Help! Steering rod stuck in steering tube

    Hey all, my steering rod is stuck inside the steering tube on my outboard. Looks like the grease has hardened. Just wondering if anyone had some advice as to ho to get it unstuck? I've added some pictures and as you can see I dont have much room to hit the rod because of my transom setup. Also...
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    Help! Steering rod stuck in steering tube

    Hey all, my steering rod is stuck inside the steering tube on my outboard. Looks like the grease has hardened. Just wondering if anyone had some advice as to ho to get it unstuck? I've added some pictures and as you can see I dont have much room to hit the rod because of my transom setup. Also...
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    Help! Seized steering rod. telefex system

    Hey all, just did a total tune up of my engine and it took about 3 weeks. In that time my normally good (but stiff) steering seized on me. It seems that the steering rod is stuck in the steering tube. it has happened before but with a little tugging on the steering wheel came undone and steered...
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    Replacing spark plug boots?

    Hey, I know it might be a dumb question but how do you properly change just the boot of the spark plug wire. In my 89 85h.p. force the wires are molded to the ignition coils so I figured I'd try the inexpensive thing and just replace the boots. seems simple but i want to make sure that I do it...
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    89 Force 85hp rough idle

    Engine ran fine then one time cut out on me. cleaned carbs, replaced fuel line and fuel filters. finally, Replaced "the problem" fuel pump diaphram which was ripped. that fixed the problem....for a while. ran great for a few outings now i have a very rough idle and the engine runs great when in...
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