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    4 month old fuel, is it any good

    New to boating. Have not used boat for 4-5 months but after last outing I added fuel stabilizer to fuel tank and ran the engine on muffs for 10 minutes and then shut down. It's an Evinrude 60HP 1990 model (vro is disconnected). The fuel stabilizer says it extends fuel life by up to 12 months...
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    Winterize question for mild winter

    New to boating and coming into 1st winter. We have a 15' half cabin with an Evinrude 60HP 1990 model. As our winters here are not harsh (lowest min at would be 37f and average day around 60f) at night we get a bit of frost but even this is rare.<br /><br />Due to mild winters i was going to :<br...
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    Oil leak from behind prop Evinrude 60HP 1990

    After about 4 weeks sitting with engine fully down I noticed a small amount of oil seeping from behind the prop. The oil is pitch black, and only a few drops have come out, nothing came out for the 1st 3 weeks of sitting with engine down. I have checked the oil in the gearcase and it was clear...
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    When is battery Full

    Is there any way to tell using a multimeter if a battery is full?.<br /><br />I have a standard 12V car battery we use as aux power (lights etc) and rather than dig it out each time and put on the charger can I simply check it with a multimeter, and if so what readings would indicate a full...
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    Short Shaft / Long Shaft?

    Excuse my ignorance but I'm looking for a backup outboard for our boat which we have just purchased and need some help. The boat is a 15' Half Cabin Crusader (Fibreglass hull), we have a 60HP Evinrude (1990) as the main outboard and I'm after a 6-12HP backup outboard just in case of breakdown...
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    Fuel Bulb not hard

    How hard should fuel bulb be?<br /><br />I'm new to boating and have just purchased a 15' half cabin with a 1990 Evinrude 60HP. Being a nervous new boater and not wanting to get stuck with no gas in the middle of no-where, I purchased a spare fuel tank (same make and model as the one which came...
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    Solar Battery Charger permanently connected

    I'm totally new to boating and any advice would be greatly appreciated. I have purchased a solar powered battery charger with the intention of hooking it up to the battery and leaving it connected permanently (mounting it on the boat).<br /><br />The charger came with a cigarette lighter plug...
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    Evinrude 60hp 1990 - Missing at 3200rpm

    I'm new boating, and have just purchased our 1st boat. It's a used 15' Crusader Half Cabin (1985) and has a 1990 Evinrude 60HP (VRO) which has been rebuilt (only 2 hours use since rebuild). The problem I have is the engine starts fine but miss's whenever I pass thru 3200RPM for the 1st 15-20...
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