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    Pressure testing lower unit to locate the leak. 1991 150 TSLEIE

    I apparently got it wrong. I resealed my lower unit and it is still leaking. Disappointing at least. Anyhow I have a pressure tester hooked to it while the lu is still attached to the motor and it is underwater. Bubbles are coming from the top hole of the four water intake hole which are on...
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    1991 Johnson 150 HP TJ 150 SLEIE Driveshaft removal.

    On this two part drive shaft can I just break the pin holding the two parts of the shaft together? By yanking, banging or otherwise? I was told to do so on a different motor, my 1995 150 EXEOM, last year and it worked fine. I need to install a new set of lower unit seals and a water intake...
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    Mercury Big Foot What does it mean?

    I recently came across a 2006 9.9 Mercury 4 stroke engine A BigFoot. What does he designation Big Foot mean?
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    Mercury 4 stroke 9.9 Driveshaft Housing Oil leak.

    2005 OR062.... I have seen this issue previously on other Mercury and Tohatsu small outboards.Just above the idle port cover an oil leak occurs. Seems as though bad metal or bad milling helps to create a small crack or a hole at this point..I believe the oil sump is here inside the housing...
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    1985 40 HP Johnson J40 ELCO Trim Assist Cylinder

    New to me motor. Extremely difficult to raise and lower the engine. I know it has sat for quite a while and the tilt tube has some rust. I will raise and lower the engine another hundred times or so to loosen any rust that may be making the raising and lowering difficult. I have lubed the zirks...
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    150 Evinrude EXEOM 1995 -Carb adjustment setting

    I rebuilt the carbs on this motor according to the manual. The manual states the low speed adjustment on the throttle body should initially be set three turns off its seat. Are they saying three full 360 degrees off of its seat? Just asking because most carbs are 1 1/2 turns off their seat and...
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    1997 J25RLEUM Lower Unit Removal

    Shift rod connecting nut (#49) and the connector (#66) are made of brass or such. Mine are frozen together and will not seperate. I soaked to no avail . I heated them but did not want to apply too much so as not to affect the seals and the keepers (#73). So in the process to remove the nut has...
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    1984 40ELN Yamaha - Power pack question

    I have switched out the coils to no avail. The bottom #3 cylinder has no spark. The top two have spark and the engine will run on two cylinders but not three. The wires and connections are in good condition. There is no output from the #3 cylinder wire from the power pack. This can only be a...
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    150 Evinrude EXEOM 1995 - 2 part driveshaft removal

    I see in the manual that this engine has a upper and lower drive shaft. Can the upper shaft be removed without removing the lower shaft and pinion gear?
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    1993 50 HP 2 stroke Evinrude Coil and firing issues

    Having a heck of a time trying to get this engine to run on both cylinders. First it ran on the top cylinder only even though the bottom cylinder had good spark. Now it is running only on the bottom cylinder even though the top cylinder has good spark. Seems to go back and forth as I have been...
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    Old fuel vs water seperater filter

    If one of the issues with ethanol in fuel is seperation does a fuel water seperater filter keep the water from the tank from reaching the engine.? Mine does not seem to.
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    2004 Suzuki Johnson 4 stroke 15 HP CDI replacement

    My CDI is bad and needs replacement. I see on the parts diagram that the 9.9 and the 15 HP suzuki has two different parts numbers. The 9.9 part # is 3200 93e40 and the 15 Hp part # is 3200 93e50. The Johnson also has two differnt part numbers 5033235 for the 9.9 and 5032731 for the 15 HP. Can...
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    Honda BF15D 2003 Carburetor Info needed

    Motor runs only with choke out at low speed or no choke at a higher speed then stall if I try to idle. Took the carb off, saw that it was in need of soaking and a good cleaning. Is there a carb rebuild kit for this carb.I have not found one. I did not remove the plugs to clean the idle passages...
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    1988 Yamaha 25HP 25ELG How to adjust shifting lever

    I removed the lower unit to do an impeller and shift rod boot repair. I obviously did not get it right after reinstalling the lower unit. When running in neutral I can hear the gears grinding a bit. If I push the shift lever forward towards the engine(reverse )the sound goes away. I can see that...
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    1988 Yamaha 25HP 25ELG Shift Rod Boot Replacement

    I need to replace the shift rod boot on my engine. It is leaking and allowing water into the lower unit. Can this be done from the top(so to speak) with out removing the bearing housing. Perhaps by prying it out ?? Or do I need to remove the housing and replace it from the underside of the...
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    Repairing a CDI

    I have a couple of CDI units which need repair or replacing. Quite expensive from manufacturer or aftermarket. One is from a 2004 Johnson 4 stroke 15 Hp the other is from a 1999 Evinrude 4 stroke 10 HP. Can they be repaired ? Is there a company or more that does the repairs or remanufacture.
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    Garmin GPSMap - Need antenna Active or Passive ? What is the difference?

    Ready to purchase a new antenna for my Garmin 172c. What is active vs. passive in an antenna?
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    1988 Yamaha 25HP Problems with tilt lever and shallow water levers

    Are these levers intended to move freely on the tilt tube(clamp bracket bolt). These mechanisms are not operating correctly. They appear frozen in place on the bracket clamp bolt/tilt tube. Motor will not go down all the way unless I stick my hand under the bracket assembly to release the...
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    Short in the antenna input - Garmin GPS/ Sonar

    This message appears when I power up my unit. I turned the unit on in the AM and it acquired satellites as it it should. When I checked it a few hours later the message appeared."Short in antenna input" . Does this mean my antenna went bad ? Or something internal in the unit ? How often does an...
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    1989 Mercury 25 hp Trigger and stator

    On my Radio Shack Auto/Manual range digital multimeter I took some readings on the above mentioned parts. Trigger - Trigger wires disconnected from switchbox. Meter set to Ohms . Multimeter leads between trigger leads reading of .737 Stator - Tester leads to between b/w wire and ground reading...
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