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    1990 120ho force king pin question

    Having that clearance isnt ideal but its probly no worse than any motor with a bit of wear.......but it would bug me 🙂. My bushes have a cut down the side of them so packing them did work for me . Greasing them wont take up clearance but it will make them feel better for a while . Probly your...
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    1990 120ho force king pin question

    Cut yourself a slice of soda can the length of the outside circumference and the hight of the bush and and pack it in behind the bush .....if that dont work put 2 in it🙂
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    When boating, always ___________________

    So , just to be clear ,if your boat circled and ran someone over you could live with that......and no one would sue you . Im being facetious , but I think that a runaway boat is better blasting across a lake than circling where peeps are gathered . End of the day once the boat has got away...
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    pop ups...

    😂😂 Now thats targeted 😁
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    When boating, always ___________________

    I think part of the problem is that some peeps still like to find out the hard way . NZ is in the middle of our worst water safety Xmas holiday period .......and its all a case of "shoulda known better ". Your right in that given the oppertunity rule makers will step in and put a dampener on...
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    Wot onna 30hp johnson on the trailer

    It aint that new , the Mercury dealer next door to my work had one in the early 80's.🙂
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    1996 mercury 9.9 outboard, stalls when decelerating

    Nah , Ive moved on
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    OMC or Tokyo Hatsudoki ???

    Is that the same Takata company that had issues with their car air bags boomin off for no reason a while ago ?
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    When boating, always ___________________

    Yeah , I thinkin more if your alone on the boat ,if there are others aboard when you take an impromptu swim they would come back for you .......unless that was part of the plan (Humpty dumpty was pushed I tell ya )😆, but Im not liking the idea of being tethered , Im thinkin that the tether could...
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    1996 mercury 9.9 outboard, stalls when decelerating

    Wow , thats powerful logic there ,I .....ah......yeah🤔 😆
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    1996 mercury 9.9 outboard, stalls when decelerating

    Well ,obviously ,I thought , the piston ported engine doesn't have reeds to go wrong.🙂
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    When boating, always ___________________

    Tbh I just been thinkin about this as I have yet to make my maiden voyage in my 3.8m inflatable/18hp Tohatsu and .....in a nutshell its so so so much easier and quite possibly less fatal to attach that lanyard than it would be to deal with falling out without it attached. The life jacket is a...
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    When boating, always ___________________

    They should make boats so they go straight ahead when you fall out .
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    1996 mercury 9.9 outboard, stalls when decelerating

    😁 Yes , it was an improvement over an exhaust port dumping into free space ,but your playing fast and loose with the term "tuned " 😁😁
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    1996 mercury 9.9 outboard, stalls when decelerating

    Yeah? Not since the 80's . Im trying to think of even one 2 stroke that doesnt have reeds ,or discs as some Suzuki and Kwaka's did .....in the 70's . Chainsaws are piston ported. I guess one thing we should remember is that when these motors were designed or made no one gave a 5hit about...
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    1996 mercury 9.9 outboard, stalls when decelerating

    I think that 2 stroke outboards are pretty crude compared to a 2 stroke motorbike engine . Im sure they did what they could exhaust wise but to get an effective exhaust scavenge it really needs one exhaust per cylinder........as evidenced by ALL 2 stroke bikes since the 60's. There simply isnt...
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    1996 mercury 9.9 outboard, stalls when decelerating

    Yep , both above and below the piston 🙂
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    1996 mercury 9.9 outboard, stalls when decelerating

    I thought the hole above the exhaust port was to act as a decompressor at cranking speeds , if anything it would make the idle worse . 2 stroke compression figures ( like 9.5:1) are static figures ie ,if you do the maths , in motion the effective comp ratio depends on the porting to some...
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    Wot onna 30hp johnson on the trailer

    Ok ,I know of a few short ramps round here too.....Im meaning tidal. Mostly what we get there is gravel washed away from the end of the ramp and then someone drops the trailer off the end and cant pull it back up . I have noticed too that as more peeps get rollered trailers the whole drive on...
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    Wot onna 30hp johnson on the trailer

    We have concrete ramps here 😁, but you sure can see where the jet boat boys launch on the river bed .....but the hole they dig is gone after the next river rise .
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