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    18 hp Johnson seahorse head bolt torque ?

    I am trying to help a friend put a new head gasket on his 1959 18hp Johnson seahorse. there is a slight water leak on the left side. I have found a head gasket here on iboats but I can not find the torque and tighten sequence. any help is appreciated ps the model # is FD-13
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    9.8 merc model 110 ser# 4080829 cooling problem

    motor has been sitting for several years and when I put it in a barrel it ran very rough but the pee hole stayed strong. I rebuilt the carb and put it back in barrel and it ran fine but after about 5 minutes the pee stream would get weak then strong back and forth then started to sputter then...
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    1956 johnson 7.5 cracked plug wire

    I have a 1956 johnson 7.5 it has no spark on the bottom cylinder so I was in the process of pulling flywheel to check points and coil and found that the plug wire for the bottom cylinder was cracked and grounding to the motor I moved the wire around and checked to find the bottom cylinder is now...
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    1956 johnson 7.5 no spark on bottom cylinder

    I have a 1956 7.5 johnson I think model# AD-10 serial#1362075 it runs on the top cylinder and no spark on the bottom cylinder. I switched the spark plugs and it still runs on the top cylinder with no spark on the bottom. where do I need to start to find the problem? I would really appreciate any...
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    help please what year is this merc motor?

    9.8 merc motor 110 black with blue stripes and thunderbolt ign. serial # 4080829 I can not find this serial # any where I have looked but the numbers are very clear on the motor I would really appreciate any help I need to get a carb kit for this motor
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    spark test old evinrude 9.5

    how do you check to see how big a gap the spark will jump to plug? Is there a tool or do you try to hold the plug wire at a distance. I know that is a silly question to any one who knows the answer::lol: any info is appreciated
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