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    Yamaha gauges

    We're running a Yamaha 90 TLRZ (2001) on a late 70's Boston Whaler Montauk 17 which spends most of its hours chasing kids in sailboats. 1-The used Yamaha digital gauges that came with the used motor a few years back (which is awesome and never misses a beat) have given up on being readable...
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    2001 Yamaha TLRZ uncomfortable shifting

    'new to me' 2001 Yamaha TLRZ 2-stroke oil injected. When rigging this engine to my whaler, we used a new 704 controller and cables, secured the shifter and throttle cable ends to the controller first, and then adjusted the engine ends so that they slipped onto the posts with no tension at all...
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    1985 Yamaha 9.9 4-stroke won't run unless air intake restricted

    Our local youth sailing non-profit had this engine donated and we're trying to get it running right. I changed the crankcase oil, checked the lower unit oil, changed the spark plugs, cleaned a bunch of goo out of the carburetor bowl and main jet, set up a tank with new fuel and have it on a good...
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    circa 1976 Mercury 9.8 gearbox siezed

    So...this outboard was on a sailboat donated to a non-profit I work with. About 1976 Mercury 9.8 with the brown trim decals on the cowling. After dropping the lower unit off, the engine rolls over smoothly on the pull cord, no problem there yet. But, the lower unit is seized up tight. The...
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    Drain system check valves 1992 88 SPL

    If I'm seeing things right...I have two fuel drain lines coming from the intake manifold (front) side of the engine (one near the bottom and one mid-way up between the carbs) and going around, one each to the sides of the block. One lands under the starter solenoid on the port side and the other...
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    Lowrance LMS-525c df won't power up

    We got this unit along with the purchase of an 'old' Whaler Montauk 17. This multi-function unit (gps, fathometer, chart plotter, etc.) was working fine and has for more than a year. And then it refused to power up. We have 12v on two pins of the connector at the unit so that's probably not...
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    1992 Evinrude 88 SPL still stalls

    OK guys, one last shot at this one: Engine starts fine for an old 2-stroke, runs 38 mph in flat water on a Montauk 17 with 2 POB and runs fine in gear at any speed. Still an occasional sneeze and stall while in neutral at idle, usually fairly soon after some prolonged low speed running (like...
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    Mercury ME5M locked up?

    I recently picked up a 2004 Mercury ME5M to stick on a 14' aluminum skiff for a "kids" boat. The sea trial was a miserable failure. The engine puttered fine in the garage, starting with one pull by my small 15-year old daughter. Ran for about 10 minutes in the water underway, wound down losing...
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    1992 Evinrude 88 SPL stalls

    long struggle with this one...engine will always start, and generally idles well once warmed up a little with just an occasional 'sneeze'. Runs fine in gear at slow speed, and about 30 knots or anywhere in between on the back of our 17' Whaler. But...if you've just done a prolonged slow speed...
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    Another Evinrude ID Question

    We have recently picked up a 1979 Boston Whaler Montauk 17 with an Evinrude 88 SPL, which we were told was a 1992 model (but I'm thinking maybe not after more research) The plate from the bracket is gone and I have only been able to locate a stamped serial number on the top of the block...
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