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    New Boat Problems

    we recently got a 1968 mercruiser 120hp i/o, we have several problems that of course the seller did not bother to talk about, first is when you open it up as soon as it hits 40,000 rpm the engine cuts out and you have to back off, second is it takes on water, we sat the boat in the water for...
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    Anyone Have 68 Evinrude 55hp

    does anyone have the same motor that I do so I could ask you a couple of questions on the wiring? on the diagram it has a red wire coming from ignition switch and I dont know where it goes, also the primary lead assembly wire coming out of top right corner (above vacuum) it has a neg that is...
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    Wont Go In Neutral?

    our boat wont go into neutral and we cant figure out why, everything looks good and we are wondering if that switch it the problem, 69 evinrude 55hp any suggestions? also the boat wont have spark to the plugs if it isnt in neutral? is that correct? thanks
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    Is This Correct?

    68 evinrude 55hp, Please let me know if this is correct: amplifier hookup: blk/white goes to points, blue goes to coil, grey gotes to tach, red goes to thermo switch solenoid: LARGE POST, red from battery, 2 green wires goes to vacuum switch, ignition kiey, coil SMALL POST: white goes to safety...
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    Amplifier Assembly

    Got a question on hooking up the assembly, there are 4 wires, purple, black/white, blue, grey - I know the grey wire goes back into harness to tach lead, purple wire goes back to thermo switch, blue wire toes to coil, where does the black/white go to? 68 evinrude 55hp thanks
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    Help Identify Parts

    we are using a wire diagram to fix our engine but having problems identifing parts, please look at a page I made with pictures and let me know what these are? thanks 1968 evinrude 55hp www.geocities.com/idahosox/evinrude.html I really appreciate it.
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    Engine Wont Start Help

    We have a 68 55hp evinrude, we completely redid the lower unit, carb kit, and it had some wires broken so we replaced them, but when we try to start it nothing happens, have tried everything we can think of. any suggestions please
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