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    1958 Evinrude 18hp piston part number cross reference

    Well I got to the tail end of a refresh on my new to me 1958 18hp fastwin and decided that since the head gasket looked original and the motor was 100% freshwater and the head bolts were free, I would swap the head gasket. Well I got an ugly surprise inside and it appears that a couple decades...
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    2002 Johnson 140 4 stroke

    So I've been working on this thing for awhile and after welding up the hole in the exhaust housing on the powerhead and removing the steel plug from the leg that caused it and welding up the hole for the plug I FINALLY got to get it put back together now now my keyswitch is giving me issues...
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    etching for fiberglass repair prep?28' Offshore rebuild

    So I'm in the process of converting my 28' Offshore Custom Yachts ( OSY ) cuddy cabin into a center console I got the hull for a song and have pretty much stripped it out to the stringers and transom and now I"m looking for something besides sanding that I can do to the existing fiberglass that...
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    Chrysler 460?

    So I'm looking at a boat and the ad says that it has twin 460 Chryslers in it but I've been looking and I don't see where they made a 460 Chrysler only a 440? Is this correct or has someone been in there messing and gomming with internal engine parts? I also saw that ford made a 460 as well is...
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    My 1994 johnson 225 back fires/ sneezes at idle

    My engine backfires at idle just a loud POP and then it will idle fine for a couple seconds and repeat I found a YouTube video showing the same situation and it was a loose hose on the inlet side of the vro pump? Could it be the vro? its been deleted or bypassed but I'm not sure its been done...
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    1984 yamaha 90 tach questions

    ok so ive got a buddy that has this motor and despite going to MMI he cant figure out the wiring on the tach so firstly i need a wiring diagram also the tach hes trying to hook up has the oil lights and wiring - i looked up the tach on boats dot net and that year model doesnt have these so im...
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    whats with the secret sqirrel boat and outboard pricing??

    everything else marine can be shopped for via the couch or coffee shop why not boats and outboards??? They dont want you to know how bad you getting screwed or ????????/ just a rant not sure if anyone noticed this or not .... cant even get an msrp on most new boats i thought capitolism was all...
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    swapping engines and props

    ok so i have a 15' sundance with what was a great running tohatsu m60B the gear ratio in the lower was 1.62:1 the prop was a 14p stainless cupped power tech and loaded down it would turn the max reccomended rpm of 5600 (it banged the rev limiter unloaded) my question is this: im getting a 60...
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    i think i blowed it up .... (with pics) m60b

    ok so two weekends ago i had trouble starting my m60b but i figured out it was a dead battery .... but in the process i left the linkage loose on the bottom two carbs and since it ran fine off the dock i didnt realize it was like that until it was too late compression was 105 0 105 when i got...
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    rectifier hookup

    ok so i just bought a new rectifier for my j140tlcim johnson and its got two yellow wires coming out but neither of them have a grey stripe so my question is does it matter which one i hook up and where so long as its yellow to yellow and red to the red?
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    power pack failure?

    aside from overheating, what can cause it? i recently bought new coils and power packs for my 1981 140 model number j140tlcim after about a half an hour of running BOTH power packs failed, the engine didnt overheat or anything they just cut out! what can cause this ? they were under warranty so...
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    no spark ! j140tlcim

    so i put brand new mallory powerpacks and coils on my motor friday, yesterday we went cruising around and it ran like a champ when we left no sputter no rough idle nothing and it just died no sputter no nothing almost like you cut the engine with the key this was after about a half hour of...
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    M60b got it running today!!!:d

    well i though id take a few mins to thank you guys for the help on my tohatsu 60 i ended up tearing it down to a pile of parts replacing the swivel bracket, rebuilding the carbs,and putting an all new water pump in ... but shes all back together and purring like a kitten as of today oil systems...
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    did i do a no no? breakin procedure question

    1981 johnson 140trlcim freshly rebuilt and i was just looking over the breakin procedure right here and i saw that i shouldnt run ANY fuel with ethanol for at least the first ten hours ? its only got about an hour and a half on the break in but did i do a no no? just wondering heres the link i...
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    testing the oil injection tohatsu m60b

    that pretty much says it all ive got an oil injection system and i dont trust it, can i just run 50:1 mix for a little while and monitor the oil level? is there a way to know if its absolutely getting the right mix? do the injection pumps go bad? my service manual says i should change the check...
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    my stator is dripping goo

    1973 evinrude 50hp -this thing came to me for cheap but it has more than its share of problems..... alright so the timer base was frozen up (wouldnt move at all) so i took the flywheel off and got that working and i noticed theres black goo dripping out of the large coils on the front and the...
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    "built in " gas tank cleansing??

    ok so i just got this boat REALLY cheap and i dont want to pull the console to take the tank out (its built in under it ) floors fine hulls solid no real need to but looks like all the fuel evaporated out of the tank, how ever judging from the funk coming from under the console, theres bound...
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    tohatsu cable question

    ok so i found a broken and bent cable in my shifter the other day and i was wondering if i can just take the ends off the old cable and use a universal cable like a morse or uflex looking at the ends thats what it looks like i have and the travel on the cable is the same as a 33c and a uflex...
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    m60b steering bracket is REALLY stiff

    any sugestions? ive been working grease into the fitting on the side of the streering bracket but itll only take a pump or two and then i have work the motor back and forth and it oozes out of the bottom very slowly - motors been sitting for about 6 years untouched should i take it loose from...
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    help with a tohatsu 60hp

    ok so i just bought a boat and motor from a friend of mine its a 15 foot sundance cc with a 60 hp tohatsu ( i think both are about a 94 vintage ) i had it running about 2 years ago for him but after i got it going he never ended up taking it out and it sat so where do i start ?? before that it...
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