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    70 VRO idle orifice and VRO questions

    I have been having the (seemling common) problem of throttle bog going to WOT and was doing some trouble shooting on the weekend. I took out the idle orifice plugs and unfortunately lost one. In looking up the part online, it calls for a #28 plug, but I'm sure the ones that were in there had...
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    70 Evinrude tilt/trim only works with engine running

    At the end of last season, the tilt/trim on my 1985 Evinrude 70 VRO suddenly stopped working. I thought I was screwed as I needed to get the boat to the other end of the lake to trailer it out and the motor was tilted up although the prop was still in the water. Then I started it and...
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    1985 70 VRO throttle bog on rebuilt carbs...what's next?

    I recently rebuilt the carbs on my 70 VRO, hoping (based one what I have seen on this forum and others) that it would solve my throttle bog (WOT kills the engine) problem. No luck (as an aside, I was surprised to find that both high and low speed jets were fixed, and that the carb kits did not...
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    70 VRO throttle bog

    I have a mid-80s vintage Evinrude 70 VRO and starting last season I had problems going to WOT from idle. Usually fine out of the gate but seems as soon as the engine is warm (i.e. after one tube/ski) it just stalls when you punch it. I have purchased carb kits for a rebuild but don't really...
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    Newbie fuel system questions

    I decided to take on the task of rebuilding the carbs on my 1985 Evinrude VRO 70, since it had been idling rough and bogging when going to WOT the last couple of seasons, and the last carb servicing would have been at least 5 years ago. I bought 3 carb kits and went about taking off the air...
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    What's in a good tune-up?

    I have a mid-80s vintage 70 VRO which has been pretty low maintenance in the 6 years I have owned it. I change the lower unit lube and fog the engine every year before putting it away but have not done anything else. This year I started to encounter some problems and have put a new set of...
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    Flaky throttle mechanism on 70 VRO

    First let me say that I am a newbie to outboard repair, but pretty mechanically inclined. I was having problems with throttle bog and took of the cover to discover that the wire connecting the main throttle linkage to the three carbs had 'popped' out of 2 of the three little black plastic...
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    70 VRO ran with no oil and/or fuel problem

    I have a mid-80's vintage 70 Evinrude VRO that started to die at WOT after some skiing and tubing. Would start fine and idle with a little choke. I let it cool down and took it out for another spin (a minute or two at most). Same thing. Checked the oil tank to discover it was completely dry...
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