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    Evinrude Vindicator 1996 200 HP--Nightmare to Start

    This engine has been a nightmare to start, even right after having "professional" tune-ups. I'm told the problem is gas sitting in the carbs, but that can't be it anymore. I drain them regularly. Also, my primer solenoid clicks and sounds good to the ear. But I'm convinced there's "gunk"...
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    Evinrude Vindicator 1996 Won’t Start for an Hour—then Runs Great!! Help!!

    Guys, please. Help. I can’t keep going to the lake and fighting my engine to start for at least an hour, and then finally getting on the water for a great time. I’ve had it tuned. I have new plugs. My fuel is great. I drain the carbs of excess fuel. My primer valve is clicking, so I assume it’s...
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    Trolling Motor Wiring Problems

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    Shut Off to Stop Flooding Carbs

    I’m doing better starting my motor after it sits for weeks. I’m told the problem is that my Vindicator V6 Evindude 200 is flooding by the buildup of gas/oil in the carb bowls. I think that is, in fact, the problem, because when I go to the lake the carb bowls are full of old gas/oil, and it was...
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    Help Getting Boat on EZLoader Trailer

    I usually don’t have trouble driving my boat up onto the trailer. I leave the forward bunks about 10 inches out of the water, and that seems to do the trick. However, sometimes I am a complete disaster. Today, for instance, I had the trailer too deep in the water, and I actually ended up...
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    1996 Evinrude Vindicator 200hp--engine keeps quitting on start-up

    Guys, help! My engine starts, runs about 4 seconds and quits. Yesterday at the lake I just had to give up and drive home. Because the boat had been sitting for months, I did use gas conditioner, and I also first drained the carbs through the drain plugs. Curiously, my fuel bulb from the tank to...
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    1996 Evinrude 200 HP Vindicator--Won't Start, Same Old Same Old

    It's been a topic on this Forum for quite some time. 1995-1996 Evinrude and Johnson engines, or about those years, with VRO fuel pumps are terrible to start after they've been sitting. I've read the posts, and mine is identical--huge clouds of smoke when it finally starts, but this time it won't...
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    Ground Wire on EzLoader Trailer--Mystery

    I'm baffled. My flat plug has five wires: two brown, one green, one pale yellow, and one white. The white is clearly the ground--but I can't find where it disappears to inside the trailer tongue. Only four wires emerge from the tongue and go to the lights at the rear of of the boat. Inside the...
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    Trucks for Boats

    I hate to get rid of my '94 350 Suburban (1500 Series 5.7 L Silverado). What a great truck it's been. But it just lumbers pulling my bass boat on any incline, and it's starting to make odd transmission noises. At 158,000 miles, it may be time to sell it or donate it. It sucks, because I've...
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    Steering '96 OMC Evinrude-Grease and Wheel Centering Questions

    What a great feeling to get that done. New 16' dual steering cables for Vindicator 200. Not hard at all. Mostly getting the courage to pull the engine. My steering is very easy and smooth. I had good service from the parts supplier in New York. I noticed the instructions warned not to use any...
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    On the Steering Subject

    And as just a general question, is the steering supposed to be easy and smooth with new cables, with just slight pressure to turn the wheel, or always a bit stiff and snug. Frankly, I just don't remember from when the boat was new.
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    I'm Lifting the Engine (Evinrude 200) Off my Stern: Advice Please

    I'm back to work on my steering. I have a hoist from a friend. It's almost at full height just to get above the flywheel, so I hope if has the strength. It should since at that length it's supposed to be 1/2 ton and my engine weighs 450 lbs. My question now is whether there's enough room with...
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    Lifting the 1996 200 HP Vindicator

    I'm not finding any hooks or lifting points on my engine so I can pick it off the back. I do see some threaded holes for bolts, and I'm assuming there's an attachment mechanism for both sides of the engine? Where do I hunt those down?
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    Getting the Steering Cables Out W/O Removing the Engine

    Following up on a post--I have an Evinrude 200 hp outboard and want to pull the steering cable shafts out of the engine to grease the cables and tubes, but there is insufficient room to withdraw the cables. There is some thought (the weight of it) that I may need to lift the engine off the...
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    Running the Trolling Motot

    Someone wiser than me on this Board warned against letting batteries just sit, then repeatedly recharging them--rather then using them so the charge wears down "by use" and then recharging. It was sort of an "idle use" warning. Assuming that warning had merit, here's my question. Is it OK to run...
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    Just a Minor Procedure: Removing Steering Cables/Evinrude Johnson OMC

    I found this post a few minutes ago: "Re: Steering Cable removal . . . . You remove the steering link. . . . . The cable has to withdraw straight out the left side for that entire length. Usually that requires unbolting and swinging the engine by a lifting eye threaded into the flywheel." I...
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    Two Steering Problems/Issues on Evinrude 200 hp: Could Use Help

    Two issues: a) first, the steering seems increasingly stiff. Hard to turn wheel while docked in my garage. Does the steering wheel and cable at the wheel take any lubricant? It actually seems that the stiffness could be from up front at the wheel and not back at the motor. Back there I've...
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    Gelcoat Repair--1996 Stratos "Off White" Hull

    I want to repair a small 1 inch cut/scratch near the U-Hook at the Bow. I did it by clumsily driving the boat up over the winch. Felt like a class idiot. Anyway, I bought the Gel Coat Repair and Matching Kit from Evercoat but I'm afraid to use it without some advice from the folks on this Board...
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    Batteries

    I've not been able to get to the lake much--twice in two years. I charge my batteries on-board, but I now have three dead batteries, each with at least one cell near dead, and all weak. They are Interstate brand. Why won't they hold a charge? This seems excessively fast for failure, particularly...
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    Tilt and Trim Relays

    How many years should the relays last? Would they ordinarily be suspect after 10 years?
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