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    1996 C85 Yamaha won't shift into gear while engine is running.

    I am left without any guesses, so I am asking the experts here if anyone has seen anything like this before. Here's the evidence: I was about 3/4 of the way through a hole shot and almost planed off when all the sudden the motor jumped out of gear. I removed the lower unit and inspected as...
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    95 Yamaha C85. I think I will just shoot the tach and be done with it.

    I bought a boat with this motor on it about two months ago. the first two times I took it out, the tach worked just fine. The third time, the motor wouldn't start after I had fished for awhile. Upon closer inspection under the back deck, it appeared that the previous owner had hooked one side...
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    Alternative method to bleed hydraulic trim on 85 60hp Mariner

    Hello all, What a great site! I have been lurking here for a couple of weeks and have found a lot of useful information by searching this forum while I work on this old motor, but I can't find anything on this topic so I thought I would post up. We recently swapped motors and during the...
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