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    Boat cover help

    May seem like a stupid question but I just picked up a 1991 Astro Quickfire 18FS not long ago and im upgrading from a tiller set up so never had this problem. Include in sale was thin dust cover and also a thick cover that has all those quick connect straps that tie to the trailer. I have...
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    John/Evin/OMC 115 V4crossflow/turbojet rebuild question

    I will be having my buddy rebuild my OMC 115 crossflow/turbojet this summer while overseas. I found a rebuild kit RKXF4 for my engine (115TJEDB) on Powerhead Kit - complete rebuild kits for outboard motors and called but they said they don't have the kit because of too many variances. Does...
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    Electrical question on '77 Johnson 25

    We are putting the tiller setup back onto a 1977 Johnson 25 outboard and wiring was cobbled up for the key and other stuff. Starter is hooked up using key or push button now, not sure which (starter acting up) but question is, i need a way of shutting it off. For pushbutton setup, need a kill...
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    OMC 115 V4 jetboat starting problems

    Have a euroline cyclone jet boat with the turbojet OMC V4 115 engine and had it out last week and it got really hot due to low part in the lake and sucking up muck and cavitating. Some of the wires got hot but didnt melt so i went over all the engine wiring and heat wrapped a lot of it just to...
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    OMC 115 Euroline Cyclone Jet starting problems

    Have a jet boat with the OMC V4 115 engine and had it out last week and it got really hot due to low part in the lake and sucking up muck and cavitating. Some of the wires got hot but didnt melt so i went over all the engine wiring and heat wrapped a lot of it just to protect it and put new...
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    Questions about Force 50hp with timing key issues

    Have 85 50hp outboard that has been snapping keys. Replaced with new coils (old ones were cracked) and got some extra keys but believe they were crappy non case hardened keys. Ordered three oem ones. Seems to be still happening. It starts and runs fine but on shutdown when the motor stops...
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    Force Outboard waterpump/questions

    Hey guys, We have a 1985 Force 50hp that i have some questions about. We got it from my grandpa's old boat and hasn't been ran in 10-15 yrs. So we got it running and sheared some timing keys and figured it was the coils and not having the flywheel torqued down enough. The coils were cracked...
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