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    Suzuki dt65 gear shift

    My mid 90s dt65 now starts but will not go into neutral or forward gears, only reverse. I failed to remove the lower unit last year and after reading some previous threads I think that I pulled the shift rod out I have finally succeeded in removing the lower unit from my outboard by detaching...
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    Primer bulb

    Went to start my suzuki dt65 last night after letting it lie for 6months. The primer bulb was dosed and leaking fuel. I managed to get some fuel pumped to start outboard. However it was a no start. My questin is would a leaking primer bulb stop the outboard starting or do I need to look further...
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    Water leaking from screw hole

    Re: Water leaking from screw hole Join Date Mar 2013 Posts 58 Location Co. Donegal Favourite Fishing Boat Favourite Boat Orkney Strikeliner Post Thanks / Like Water is still trifling out of top screw hole. I filled the other holes yesterday with plastic padding marine epoxy. covered the top...
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    Water leaking from screw hole

    Re: Water leaking from screw hole It is fibreglass and grp. I have attached some images. C
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    Water leaking from screw hole

    I have been cleaning up the hull of my boat to apply antifowl. It has taken me hours to scrub and sand the remnants of last years fouling. Anyway there where a number of screws at the back of the boat on the outside. These served no purpose and where there when I bought the boat, so I decided to...
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    Displaying engine information

    I have a 6 month old yamaha 25d 4 stroke outboard with a 703 control box. The control cable has extra leads which ar capped off. I assume these are for linking to gauges. What I was wondering was if you can connect these to a gps/fishfinder to display info such as rpm.
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    Yamaha 25 hp 4 stroke compression problem

    Just bought a new outboard. The dealer indicated that he may be able to fix the old one and sell it on for me. Outboard was running well for about ten minutes then losing power. I had one mechanic supposedly fixed it for me by replacing the thermostat. When I took it out the same problem...
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    Yamaha 25 4stroke losing power

    First day out today. Outboard went well for ten minutes then lost power but still ran. returned to dock. Stalled when throttle was reduced. When started again out of gear seemed to rev ok although a bit smoky. Still stalls if run on slow idle. Has anyone any idea what is wrong with it. Should I...
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    Suzuki dt65 gear shift problem

    I tried to take the lower unit off my DT 65 in order to change the impeller. I could not get the lower unit off so I decided to abandon the project. however when I have put it back together the gears will not move out of reverse. Has anyone any idea what the problem is and how to fix it. I am...
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