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    Yamaha 2-stroke 50HP 1980's bogs and not reaching max RPM

    Hello, Hoping for some helpful tips to get my 50 HP Yamaha autolube 2-stroke outboard from 1985-ish going like a champ again. Engine starts quite easily, it can idle, I can reach max RPM at idle (not in gear). But in gear, the outboard at first try from cold, today reached 1/2 to 2/3 of full...
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    1962 Evinrude Speeditwin 28 hp - no spark on one of the two wires

    Hi, I get no spark on one of the two spark plugs. Just having the ignition cable without spark plug or spark plug boot on, holding it to the block, should I get a spark? I don't. Does this motor have one or two ignition coils? Are they hard to get to? One of the two spark plus gives sparks...
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    1962 Evinrude Speeditwin lower unit will not come off

    Hi Old engines are great just that everything is stuck. So, lower unit is stuck. I have screwed out the eight screws and removed the nuts on the threaded 'pin' at thee forward facing side. The shift rod is disconnected as well. Could something else need losening? I read someone said the...
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    I unscrewed the philips head screw on a '62 28 HP Speeditwin - now what do I do?

    Yes, I unscrewed the "holy" screw everyone writes one shouldn't, apparently the one holding the pinion bearing in place in the lower unit. But I didn't only unscrew it, I pulled the shifter lever and rotated the prop aswell. Then I fiddled with a screwdriver in the little screw hole and now I...
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