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    new to me 1970 Johnson 25hp tiller short shaft. locked up

    You put some hot water on the pistons.-----The piston heat up .----The ring groove gets a wee bit wider.-----Then with tapping the rings they may come loose.----Some might argue , I have done this many times with success.----Noted the condition of the pistons.-----I think those pistons and rings...
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    Connecting 1962 controls to 2004 motor

    Those motors say Johnson on the cowling.-------But they are rebadged , SUZUKI built.-----Best to get the correct controls.-----Or fabricate the stuff.
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    Connecting 1962 controls to 2004 motor

    A 2004 SUZUKI !
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    Connecting 1962 controls to 2004 motor

    So you are connecting 1962 OMC controls to a 2004 SUZUKI ??
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    Compression Numbers - 1986 Evinrude 110 HP

    You likely need 4 new O/S pistons and rings.------No point putting new rings on old pistons.------With a manual and some wrenching ability you can do this.-----Start by pulling that head off for inspection.-----I like pictures.-----Maybe it just needs new head gasket.
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    Compression Numbers - 1986 Evinrude 110 HP

    Pull the left side head off.-----I think you have broken piston rings.-----Every one of the v-4 crossflow motors will suffer from that sickness.
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    Stator

    I would some wee coils many years ago.---Eddy current probes they were.------Magnet wire was 003" diameter.-----So the bigger wire for a stator coil would not be hard to do.------Count the number of turns as you take it off.
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    Merc 115 OB loosing water pressure at high RPM

    How high is the transom ?-----It could be that motor and transom height are not matched properly.-----I say motor may be mounted 1" tooo high.
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    4.5 Mercury 2 stroke-

    Everybody picks on the carburetor for some reason.-------What is your motor doing / not doing ?-----What trouble shooting has been done if any ?
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    Welding a gimbal housing yay or nay?

    Welding of aluminum castings often distorts them.-----Not something you can detect.-----Any pictures of the crack / damage?
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    new to me 1970 Johnson 25hp tiller short shaft. locked up

    Use boiling water on the piston.-----Use plastic end of screwdriver to ---tap, tap ,tap on the rings.-----That often gets them loose.-----Use broken end of rings to clean grooves.-----Boiling water also makes it easier to remove / install wrist pins.
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    1995 Evinrude 15 HP Shift issue! Please Help!!

    Propshaft has to be turned when you shift on a work stand.-----Or motor must be running to shift properly.----Simple as that.
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    Need a little help 150 evinrude intruder lower unit

    Reverse does not do a lot of work.----It is almost always fine.-----Remove nut on bottom of driveshaft and remove driveshaft.----Then push shift rod all the way down and remove it.----Then pull out propshaft.
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    Towing more than capacity?

    It sounds to me that the bowl goes empty.----Those motor typically then rev up before they stop.----Easy to solve this I think.
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    Yam 85 Losing Power.-

    Clean out the entire cooling system.----From water intake screens right to all the water jackets and covers.----Will run like new again.
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    1975 Evinrude 25

    I can not see or hear your motor.-----But the motor speeding up tells me it is running out of fuel.-----In my opinion this is an easy fix.-----Could also be a bad reed valve causing low crankcase compression.-----The + crankcase PRESSURE pulse drives the fuel pump.
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    1975 Evinrude 25

    When the carburetor bowl is near empty an outboard will rev up.----Test run with another hose and tank.-----Some cheap plastic tanks have issues with pick up tube inside the tank.
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    Towing more than capacity?

    Towing down the street to the launch or a 100 miles at highway speeds ?-----How steep is the launch ramp ?
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    1975 Evinrude 25

    I believe it is running out of fuel.----So check your fuel line o-rings in the fittings.-----Step #1 in trouble shooting is always the same.----Post your compression test numbers.----
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    1986 90 hp Mercury inline 6

    Those may have used that separate tank ----AKA ---Autoblend----And that unit should be thrown away as far as you can.-----The inline 6 was marketed as a 90 for quite a few years !!
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