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    Poor idle and low end bog - Yamaha 2005 60TLRD

    I struggled with hard starting on the first crank of the day this winter. Once started, it ran fantastic and cranked with just a bump of the key the rest of the day. It ran really well other than seemingly fouling plugs after extended periods of low speed idling that would go away once the...
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    2004 Yamaha 60TLRD to 70HP conversion

    Does anybody know off the top of their head if it's a fairly straightforward conversion to make a Yamaha 60 two stroke into a 70? A quick scan of the carburetor parts shows different jets but I wanted to know if I'm missing something. Is it really that easy?
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    1995 Evinrude E30 trouble removing shift shaft "keeper"

    I've gotten all my bolts loose and everything and have even disconnected the shift linkage but I just can't seem to get the top threaded nut to slide up the shift shaft to expose the little plastic "keeper" that holds it on the shaft! Does anyone have any suggestions about how to get it to...
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    1995 Evinrude E30 trouble removing shift shaft "keeper"

    I've gotten all my bolts loose and everything and have even disconnected the shift linkage but I just can't seem to get the top threaded nut to slide up the shift shaft to expose the little plastic "keeper" that holds it on the shaft! Does anyone have any suggestions about how to get it to...
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    How many cranking amps for a Johnson 25/30?

    I've got a 95 E30TELEOB and have been having cranking issues. I replaced my starter, battery cables, and solenoid, and it was still struggling to start, the starter would hardly turn the flywheel. I was using a lawnmower cranking battery with something like 275 or 300 cranking amps. After...
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    E30TELEOB - diagnosing kill switch failure

    I have been having issues with this motor and have thrown virtually every at it. It's had a carb rebuild, stator parts replaced (this fixed a high end bog/stall I had) and even a new powerpack. I rebuilt the fuel pump as well. It runs much smoother than before at the high end, in fact it...
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    Bogging on mid/high end of throttle

    I've had this issue for a while but it is progressively getting worse. At first it was only at the extreme high end of the throttle, close to wide open. It would feel like I'd gathered weeds on my prop or like I was cavitating. It would go away at lower throttle. Now it's starting to get...
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    E30TELEOB throttle plate relocating itself, backfires, no start

    I fished with a buddy on the Suwannee today. Fortunately I ran up river and floated back down and as I was going to crank the motor back up it coughed and backfired and wouldn't start. I tried to give it a little throttle, but I noticed the throttle was completely seized up, I couldn't turn...
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    I just got a 95 Evinrude 30HP and want to know a little more about it

    From what I can tell, it's a 1995 model. Tiller handle, electric start, no option to rope start, which sucks but whatever. I bought it because I thought it would be easy to convert to a short shaft motor, and it was 250 bucks. The breakdown showed it to be just a spacer, but that doesn't look...
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    Mariner 25 long to short shaft conversion

    I have been looking for a 25 horse motor and this option came up for a fair price. It's an 80s Mariner 25, but it's a long shaft and I need a short shaft. Is a new lower unit needed to convert this motor to a short shaft, or is it just a matter of removing a spacer somewhere and putting in a...
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    Mid range stutter, 95 Evinrude 9.9

    I attempted to do some scalloping on the 4th in Steinhatchee but my motor started to stutter and stumble intermittently in the middle of it's powerband. At wide open it didn't seem to have major issues, but it would still stumble once in a while. We stayed close to shore not wanting to get...
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    Are most of the late 1985-2000 JohnnyRudes pretty reliable?

    I am hunting for a new boat, and finding a lot of Tracker aluminum jon bass boats fairly cheap. I know, probably not the best built boat, but I am fairly handy with a wrench, and my budget is not very large. Anyway, a lot of them are late 80s or early 90s boats, and usually they come with an...
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    1994 Rude 9.9 - dead rectifier?

    Up until now I didn't really care about having charging capabilities on this motor, but I am running longer and longer using my trolling motor and other accessories, and I'm about to leave on a multi-day fishing trip where I won't have easy access to charging. Anyway, I've not done much...
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    Replaced power pack - now has FAST idle

    I found some cracks/melting on my 1995 Evinrude 9.9 E10RELEO powerpack, so I replaced it, along with a new impeller, head gasket, thermostat, and some other parts due to cooling issues. Anyway, now the boat is idling good and seems to run awesome, but it is idling so fast that the prop even...
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    Water flow problems even after replacing impeller - 95 Evinrude 9.9

    My last impeller had self destructed and lodged chunks of itself up in the water tube that's up above the impeller. I used a coat hanger to sorta "roto root" the rubber and other material out, and quite a bit came out. The boat ran good for two trips but today it quit pissing like it should...
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