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    Driveshaft splines

    With a post like that, I must have had way too much time on my hands and Winter must have been way too long.
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    Driveshaft splines

    I was just wondering what the differences in the drive shaft spline were between the 1977 35 and a 1969 40 big twin? I found an outboard jet for the old big twins and wondered if those splines would fit my 1977 35. I know I'll have to do a little bit of hole pattern changing to mount it but it...
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    05 75hp merc missing wot

    Well, having the same issue with this missing engine at wot. Idles well with just a little shaking which, what I have read, is common to the 3 cylinder engines. I have rebuilt the fuel pump, gone through the carburetors for the 3rd time, changed the coils, rectifier /regulator, plugs, trigger...
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    Tachometer Guts

    Has anyone had a tachometer apart? Mine is stuck at about 450 indicated. No movement at any time. Can they just stick? Is freeing the needle all thats necessary? Asking this to try to keep the gauges the same. Who has tried, what was the outcome, would you do something different? Or just place...
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    Bad regulator

    I have a rough idle and pop/backfire on the pipe. I have been reading a lot of forums and they have led me to believe that the regulator /rectifier is the culprit. Burned yellow leads on the regulator and at the bayonet connection that goes under the flywheel, along with no charging and eratic...
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    Manuals

    What do I need to be able to get the manual download for the Mercury 75 elpto 1B065874 USA built outboard? Even when and if I find that link, it says that I am not authorized to look at it. I have the rough running shake pop at idle. Trying to find the regulator /rectifier.
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    1978 35hp rebuild or not?

    I got the motor after it had a water pump go out and seeze twice. Remove the head, used a little muriatic acid to clean the aluminum off of the cylinders. Removed the exhaust cover to see if the Rings were free and they were. Reassembled the motor and ran it for another 7 years. This spring it...
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    How to lube cables

    Here's the way I did it. Drilled a small hole in brass cable transition and used Abu Garcia silicote Reel Oil
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    Quiet warning horn.

    1994 Evinrude 150 eleom. My warning horn on my helm is way too QUIET. I figured it was because it was too old as it is the original so purchased a new one. The new one is just as quiet. Any thoughts? Battery is up. Regulator is new and charges 14.4v . Am running VRO so need to be able to hear it.
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    A note of thanks.

    Many thanks for all the information regarding the symptoms of a bad rectifier. I repaired my 1995 150 Evinrude today with the CDI Regulated rectifier with 100% SUCCESS. Thanks F_R and Joe Reeves, along with all the others across multiple threads. It no longer draws an amp with the motor cable...
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    Adding a light to warning system 1995 150

    My hearing is failing so I would like to have a light on the helm as well as the horn. Can one be added?
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    1957 18hp "slobbers"

    My vintage 18 will leak droplets of what looks like "whipped" oil onto the starboard motor mount and into the water.It looks like a LOT to me. I'm afraid it's the lower crank seal. How big a job is it to work on and should i look at anything else? The crank lube tube appears to be dry. Bummer.
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    1957 FD 11 magneto cam still available?

    I am tuning an old 18 and have found that the PO had used resistor style wires and did not tighten the flywheel nut tight enough causing it to shatter the key. That in turn cracked the cam. Does anyone know which cams will work? Thanks in advance, SR53
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    35r78r

    Sorry to ask this as it is likely already answered and if so please direct me to the link. My 1978 35 HP johnny needs gears.....:facepalm: Will the later model gears with the 3 dog clutch work? I don't know how to tell. I have used a dremel to clean things up a bit as i did before(20...
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    Tell us how old is your boat?

    Re: Tell us how old is your boat? 53 14' Larson
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