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    Mercury 9.8 hp solas 4 blade

    Will a Solas Amita 4 blade #1113-093-07 fit my old Mercury? It has 8 spline too but not sure if it fit.
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    1980 Mercury 7.5 HP running on one cylinder

    I just got that motor and was running on one cylinder so I decided to take it apart. I found a hole in the baffle plate so water was allowed to enter into the cylinders. I also check the compression and came up with 60psi in both cylinder. I took the piston out and found the lower rings both...
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    1966 Evinrude 5 hp running rich!!!!

    All started with a dirty carburetor. It was only running with the choke on so I decided to clean it. I found a debris in the little passage on the side of the bowl. I cleaned all the other orifice with compress air. Now it run extremmely rich, it smoke a lot. The only way I can keep it running...
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    35 HP Johnson only run 4200 rpm at WOT.

    I got a 1976 Johnson 35 HP. I have 2 propeller. One is 10-1/8 X 13 and I run 4200rpm max, the other one is 10-1/2 X 11 and run 4700rpm max. My engine seem to work fine, have 120psi in both cylinder. Points, condensers and coils are new. Carburetor has been cleaned 3 time and lat time got a...
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    1976 Johnson 35 hp Missfiring or sneezing

    From idle to mid RPM it missfire. The rpm drop and come back up and it's sound like a sneeze. It's worse when cold but still doing it when warm but not as often. Cleaned carburetor twice, change spark plug, adjust low speed mixture, cleaned points and replace condenser, try new coils, try...
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    How to hook up a tachometer to my 1976 Johnson 35 hp

    Can someone tell me if it's possible to hook up a tachometer to my 35 Hp Johnson model 35E76G?
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    1976 Johnson 35 hp sea horse irregular idle and average top end.

    I have a 10-1/2 X 11 propeller and irregular idle doesn't bother me too much but it seem that is not reaching top rpm to the sound. I did cleaned my carburetor once. I don't have a good hole shot neither. It take a long time before I can get on plane. I have that motor on a 14' cadorette fury...
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