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    First time replacing Coils, Condensers and Points - No Continuity

    So I've used Frank's timing fixture that I purchased before to set points and it works awesome. On this motor though it was missing everything on one side of the ignition so I decided to replace both side coils, condensers and points and have never done that before. Everything is in place now...
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    1990 Mercury 8hp - Is this play normal with the prop ?

    I am not sure if this is normal but I took the prop off to flush the motor and noticed it when I put it back together. I'm not sure if I did something wrong or if this is the way it's supposed to be. If anyone can shed some light, I'd appreciate it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlu5ym8_BBk
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    Leroy's Rambings website down ?

    It's like my favorite site on the net. Is Leroy aware of this ? Is it just not working for me ?
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    Johnson 6hp Stuck Cylinder Head

    So I have a 1969 6hp Johnson (6R69M) that I started to attempt to bring back to life tonight and discovered a couple things that I need to address. Overall condition of the motor is pretty clean but it has been repainted so tough to tell. I was easily able to get the head bolts out but now I'm...
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    1978 Johnson 2hp - Needle Valves stick out too far

    So I am going fishing and at this point am motor less until this is running so I thought I'd ask rather than row. I have taken this thing apart a couple times over the last couple years but haven't got it running right yet and have a few questions. The carb has been off it and cleaned...
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    1983 Evinrude Yachtwin 9.9 - Water problems and tiller handle frozen

    So I am continuing to work on my kicker with some success but now have 2 new problems. 1) The tiller handle when I try to get it to rev up the motor, it won't move. It is the same in reverse, forward and neutral. I have tried to look for some kind of info on this but have found nothing so...
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    Cooling in upper engine block - 1983 9.9 Evinrude Yachtwin

    I am going through the upper portion of my kicker to find where it's plugged now that I can see it pumping a little bit of water at mid rpm. I figured it would be the thermostat but upon removal of the thermostat cover, no thermostat but it is a bit gooey in there. I'm now trying to get the...
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    Johnson 6hp Rewind Starter Reassembly

    So I've gone through this forum and everything else I can find but am just not getting this. I found Joe Reeves' instructions as follows: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
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    1978 2 hp Johnson starts but stalls

    I have not figured out how to search since the "Search Forum" disappeared in the board upgrade. If you can let me konw the best way it would be much appreciated. I have a 1978 Johnson 2hp outboard. It's super clean and a fun little motor. I run my fly fishing pontoon boat on it and it clips...
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    Testing Lower Unit for pumping water - 1983 Evinrude Yachtwin 9.9

    I pulled the leg off of this motor because it was not pumping any water through the telltale. I attached a hose with an adaptor to the copper water feed pipe coming out of the top of the motor and water came out of the telltale good. I did the impeller and replaced some of the O-rings so it...
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    Stiff throttle on Tiller handle

    I have a great running 1980 Evinrude 35hp tiller that is ready for the water but the throttle is hard to turn. It does move if I turn it but it's stiff and hard to turn. What needs to be lubed to free this up ? Is it an adjustment or just something that needs some grease ?
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    1990 Merc 8hp won't start or fire

    I am pretty new to Mercs but have been digging here and can't find anyone with the same issue. I'm probably missing it but here is the situation. I have our 8hp kicker for our boat and fogged it 2 winters ago. We didn't try to start it last year at all. I pulled it out and put it on the boat...
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    How to Test a Coil with a Multimeter - Evinrude 6hp 1976

    I watched the video from CajunCookOne which was excellent. Evinrude Gale and Johnson ignition video part 1 of 7 - YouTube Evinrude Gale and Johnson ignition video part 1 of 7 - YouTube It breaks everything down clearly but I purchased a couple of new coils and decided to test one using the...
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    1976 Evinrude 6 HP Ignition

    I have a 6hp Evinrude that is very clean. I started at the bottom and cleaned and greased the prop shaft, replaced the Water pump impeller and the thermostat. I then pulled the carb, cleaned it thoroughly and tried starting it. It runs but only idles and then eventually dies. I tested the 2...
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    1976 Evinrude 6hp - Spark Question

    So I pulled the carb off and soaked it and then cleaned it thoroughly cause I could tell it needed it. I then fired it up and it runs OK but needs to be at a fairly high idle to run in neutral. If I left it running and walked away, it would stall after a minute or 2. I tried putting it in...
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    Compression Testing Smaller Non-Electric start motors

    I wanted to clarify this one as I see mostly larger electric start motor instructions on this forum and elsewhere. tashasdaddy has great instructions in the Top Secret file but again it's for larger motors. Please have a look at these instructions for a smaller non-electric start motor and...
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    Oily Discharge - Johnson 9.9

    I did some digging on this forum and see a bunch of different issues similar to this but I took pictures to make it very clear. When I run this motor in a garbage can I get the following discharge (see pictures). It seems a bit much to be normal. I greased the prop shaft when I serviced the...
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    1974 9.9 Johnson - Rewind Starter Issue

    Learned my lesson for posting before spending at least an hour digging for an answer. Please disregard.
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    Replacing Shorting switch

    The button for the shorting switch on my '74 9.9 is broken and I have one on a donor motor I'd like to replace it with. It should be just a matter of swapping them across but I cannot remove them because the housing (clip) that clip into the wires going to the ignition are too big to fit...
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    1974 Johnson 9.9 Won't start

    I was finally able to start working on this motor and it would not start. I began by removing the carb and spraying it out with carb cleaner and compressed air. There was rust on the outside of the float bowl but none on the inside. The float was a cork one and was a black color but was hard...
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