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    89 225hp Evinrude runs off?

    Well I bought this a year ago and installed on our boat. in the warmer times of the year the motor starts fine and runs ok till headed to WOT, that's when it starts surging for a lack of better words. RPMs will be going fine then they will fall, never changing throttle position, then they will...
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    Tilt sending units

    Curious about the sending units. I have an 1989 225 evinrude. The tilt sending unit is bad, and of course that part is obsolete. Looking around many of the sending units look the same just different arms. Does anyone know if they are the same? Part numbers say otherwise, but honestly, part...
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    1989 Evinrude 225 Issue

    Ok, I have been hunting all over this site for an answer and just can't seem to find one. Here is my story: I recently bought this 1989 evinrude 225 to replace my 1977 evinrude 115, great upgrade. I checked everything over as best I could on the stand, noticed that the VRO was disconnected...
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    Mechanic said gears are junk, so....

    Title says it all. after having issues with what we thought was the linkage, I had enough and took it to the mechanic. He thought it was the gears and after a quick dig he confirmed it. So now my question, Could the three little tabs that the clutch dog engages on be remachined? The forward gear...
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    Evinrude/Johnson shifting issues, Please help

    After spending countless searches and going thru numerous pages I just can't find what Im looking for. Here is the situation and motor! 1977 Evinrude/Johnson 115 manual shift Last year in the final months of boating my outboard got a ?hiccup, skip? call it what you will, but it would "skip"...
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    tri toon trailer?

    I've been running a standard pontoon for several years now and using a scissors type trailer. I love it due to the shallow water launch capability. My issue is I am upgrading the pontoon to a tritoon and will need to change trailer. I am hoping to get some input if anyone has some. I know there...
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    Dual trolling motor

    I am in the process of building a pontoon boat for bowfishing, it will actually be my second of this nature. My question is, after looking and not finding any answer, a dual head hand controlled trolling motor. I know minkota used to make one that attached to the outboard, so I know it could be...
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    need help wiring motorguide

    I am looking for some help, I recently purchased some trolling motor heads that I am looking to install on my boat. Problem is that there are 5 wires coming out of the motor, a heavier black and white, which I believe to be the power to the motor, but then there is a red, blue and a green that I...
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    Looking for advice

    Currently we are running a 1976 Kayot with custom steel pontoons, and talk about heavy. Well I am looking at picking up a 2003 crestliner and refabing it into our next bowfishing rig. My question is, with this next pontoon being 24 feet long, much longer than we need, I am looking at setting the...
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    Reverse issues

    I am hoping that someone can help out with this. I have a 1977 Johnson/Evinrude 115 hp motor. We have been having issues with the motor going into reverse, when we try to shift it into reverse you can hear it "grind". It used to slip into gear but now it does not, it just grinds. So I thought...
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    Tilt on my 1977 115 quit

    Well I can't say it completely quit, but it will not lift the motor anymore. We were out fishing and lifted the motor a couple times with no problem, then it just stopped lifting. It would lift the motor a couple of inches and just stop, like it was at the top of the cylinder. Could someone help...
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    120 hp parts

    Hello, I am putting this out there for you chrysler guys. I have, if I remember correctly, is a 1976ish 120hp outboard. I am parting this beast out. Not sure if any of the parts are good for anyone but I thought I would offer. If I do not hear anything it will probably be stripped down and...
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    Johnson/Evinrude tilt

    I purchased a 1974 Johnson 85hp for a parts motor, it had a working tilt system on it, but it is unlike any that I can find for these motors. I took it off the 85 and installed it onto my 1977 115hp. For the most part the unit does what it is supposed to do, raise and lower the motor. But I...
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    Motorguide quits

    Re: Motorguide quits Sorry, but there is no way to get any of the electronice to the top side, there is a bunch integrated right into the brush card and the other module is practically molded into the motor also, bolted from the back side. Like I said before, I already replaced the module...
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    Motorguide quits

    Hello, I have 2 motorguide 82lb thrust trollers that I experiance the same problem with. THey both cut out/shut off after a period of running in the higher range of speed. There are some times that you can feel the motors slowly loosing power and within minutes full power is not much more...
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