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  1. jbjennings

    Huge nat. gas discovery in Louisiana

    good news in Northwest La.: there has been a huge deposit of natural gas discovered in Northwest Louisiana where I live. It is so vast that companies are leasing up thousands of acres as we speak. My wife's parents are getting offers of 5 or 6000 dollars an acre plus 1/16 royalties for the 2...
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    Help with merc 65hp fuel pump, please

    Guys, I've disconnected the fuel line from the filter to the bottom carb and the fuel pump will pump no fuel when starting it. So I disassembled the fuel pump and can't figure out what the problem could be. It has a diaphragm gasket between the pump and block. On the pump side of the...
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    1978 merc 65hp questions

    Guys, I've got myself a pontoon barge and it came with a '73 or '75 merc 65---the 3cylinder/2 carb. version. I was wondering if anyone had any opinions on this thing. It fires up easy when warm--just a touch of the key. But it idles rough and gradually leans out and then dies. I'm suspecting...
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    '78 pontoon with '78 merc 65hp

    Guys, My in-laws love to sit around and yap and like riding on pontoon boats. I have just looked at a 24ft. pontoon boat in good shape that has an old merc 65 that supposedly ran great a couple of years ago and cranked up the other day but only ran about 10min. and quit. I don't trust an old...
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    A little video of my "prize '54 bigtwin"

    I'm so pleased I finally got my bigtwin running good I thought I would try to post a short video of it. The link below is of the old video but the other one I posted on Youtube is of the better powerhead and the electric start I rigged up with help from others but F-R in particular. I actually...
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    "new" '57 evinrude 7.5 hp pics, etc.

    here's a few pics of an old '57 evinrude I picked up in nice shape. I do think the clutch is going out in it. I ran the poop out of it today but felt about 3 times that I believe it barely slipped. A good motor though. I just hate the thought of taking apart a well-sealed lower unit to...
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    starter button/wiring diagram for '54 25hp

    Guys, I have a starter/bracket/solenoid/geared flywheel for my '54 evinrude bigtwin and was hoping someone could give me some suggestions for a cheap but good looking starter button. It is tiller steer. I also need to make myself some wires but don't know how to wire it up. Anybody have a...
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    '54 evinrude bigtwin 25hp

    Well, I've run about 1/2 a tank of gas through my bigtwin. It is very finicky. I believe it is running hot although it makes a LOT of water out the exhaust. I have never cleaned the water jackets and the motor has sat unused for a LONG time from what I can tell. I have put new coils and...
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    Where's the chrysler?

    Hey Jay, What happened with the Chrysler you got?? Is it a runner or a paperweight? Just curious as I noticed another member got himself a chrysler. JBJ
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    Needing a '57 7.5hp head gasket part #

    Guys, My '57 7.5 johnson is purring like a kitten but my little '57 evinrude 7.5 wouldn't pump water after a new impeller. I then took the head and exhaust gaskets off to check the water passages. They were pretty dirty. Anyone know a part # for the head gasket and exhaust gasket? Is there a...
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    JBJ scores a reasonable deal on twinkies

    Just get on craigslist in sheveport if you want to see 'em in the boats section and got myself a pretty good deal-- a decent 14ft aluminum boat like I've been wanting, and a '57 johnson and '57 evinrude 7.5 hp for 400 bucks. My best friend just had his deal go through on his camp and hit me up...
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    '65 evinude 18hp carb mystery

    Guys, I have been trying to fix this danged motor for a while! I have finally gotten the problem narrowed down to the carburetor, specifically the top carburetor half. I finally resorted to putting my top carb half from one of my '57 18's on it and it ran great. I have blown out, even taken...
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    '54 evinrude 25hp troubles

    I have had problems setting the float and getting spark on the bottom cylinder of this thing. I seem to have the float set and have finally succeeded in getting spark on the bottom cylinder. Here's how--I disconnected a single wire that goes from the points/coil/condenser connection to a...
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    '54 rude 25 tidbits and small question

    I finally after about 40 tries got the float set right on my '54 25 evinrude. I got it to run but it ran crappy. So I pulled the plug wires one by one and the bottom cylinder was dead (it wasn't yesterday). So I was baffled since it worked the other day after I rebuilt the ignition, the float...
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    Who is the restorer for smallusedoutboards?

    Does anyone ever look at the old 50's OMC's for sale at smallusedoutboards.com? I was wondering if anyone knew who restored the motors for sale there? Whoever it is does some IMPRESSIVE work. I know we have an OMC expert here on iboats from Florida and I have seen posts from another on aomci's...
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    Aluminum boat rivets--source/type??

    Guys, I was given an old duracraft aluminum johnboat which is just right to fish the cypress breaks and run my old small outboards on. Problem: I'm having to weld 3 ribs and replace the transom plywood and a very large number of rivets because it is basically worn out. My questions are: 1...
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    Scammer on ebay on the prowl.

    Well, I made my first attempt ever to sell one of my old motors I've redone on ebay the other day. Saturday I checked the listing and saw that it had sold "buy it now" for 850 dollars. I was really pleased but skeptical since I know that I am not usually lucky in things like this. After...
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    RUnning pics of 1942 HD-20

    Here's a couple of pics of my HD-20 from California, thanks to an ad on AOMCI. A member sent it to me after cleaning the carb, tank and getting it tuned for an awesome price. It was so easy to crank my 6 year old son could actually crank it with no problem. It idled down below the slow mark on...
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    mercury 150 xr6- more questions

    Guys, I took one look under the cowl on my friends new motor and got the impression that it is way out of my league. If it was mine, I would probably get a book and rebuild the 3 carbs and link and sync 'em like suggested, but it not being mine and worth more than all my motors and boats put...
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    '99 merc 150 xr6 idling too fast

    Guys, My friend just bought a '99 150 XR6 and I just ran it (it's at my house) and it is idling way too high--about 1300 RPM's. What can I do to fix this problem. It ran fine and was extremely fast (too fast for me), but since it idled so fast it didn't shift smoothly. Is it carb cleaning...
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