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  1. reeldutch

    broken rodbolt

    I installed 4 new pistons and rings after reboring and honing the cylinders.<br />i kept everything in order and i had no problems so far.<br />i connected al the conecting rods and i torqed the rodbolts 42 lbs.<br />with 3 out of the four connecting rods i did not have any problem.<br />but...
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    powerhead interchangeble??

    wich v4 crosflow powerheads are interchangeble from 1983 till 1992??<br />can anybody tell me ?<br /><br />thanks reeldutch
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    piston pin bearing question

    I am replacing 4 new pistons with new pins.<br />wat is better to replace them with caged bearings or the needle bearins loose?<br /><br />thanks in advance reeldutch
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    rebuild 1990 115 bubbleback

    last winter i took the engine apart and today finaly i found a machine shop who gave me a good price.<br />the two bottom cylinders will be rebored .020 over and the top two will be honed.<br />he charged me $34 per cylinder for reboring and $16 for honing so that is a good deal.<br />he will...
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    merc 90 hp 1970's

    today i picked up a inline 6 cylinder 90 hp Mercury.<br />i know this motor was running 2 years ago.<br />because i started it for my brother in law and i checked the comp and it had 5 good cylinders and one was 80 psi.<br />for the 2 years inbetween the motor just was sitting there doing...
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    50 horse on 17' bowrider??

    hey guys i have a 1974 hp evi runs very strong<br />and i have an old 17' winner(bowrider) around 1200 Lb. if i hook this old lady up with the 50 horse evi would this boat be able to plane and with what propsize?<br /><br />thanks reeldutch
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    50 horse on 17' bowrider??

    hey guys i have a 1974 hp evi runs very strong<br />and i have an old 17' winner(bowrider) around 1200 Lb. if i hook this old lady up with the 50 horse evi would this boat be able to plane and with what propsize?<br /><br />thanks reeldutch
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    50 hp evinrude plugs ?

    what plugs should i use on a 1974 50 hp evi ?<br />i have Ql77jc4 gapped .40<br />it runs rough but if i gap it les it will not idle like it should.
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    ngk or champs

    normaly i run Ql77jc4 on my 1989 110 evi and i run 5500 Rpm on a 20' mako.<br />last week i bought new sparkplugs and they told me to use ngk br9hs.<br />i did try the ngk's and at wot i was running close to 5600 rpm.<br />how can this happen?
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    sparkplug recomendation

    i used champingons Ql77jc4 without major problems. in a 110 evi 1989<br />i went to a marine suply shop and they told me to use NGK BR7HS.<br />I told them that i do not idle or run in low speed for long periods of time.<br />i bought the plugs bud i do see a difference.<br />are these...
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    115 tstats drilling holes

    http://groups.msn.com/outboardpictures <br /><br />go to page 3 klik on the last two pictures<br /><br />thats wat it looks like
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    1800rpm on muffs

    two weeks ago i replaced the tstats on a 1989<br />110 evi and everything seemed fine.<br />today i started it again because i will use the boat this week and it idled at 1800 rpm.<br />this is a litle high.<br />Normaly it would idle around 1400 1500 rpm on muffs. in water it did idle 700 rpm...
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    1973 evinrude 50hp

    Today after having the motor winterised i started the outboard up.<br />It started up fine.<br />bud after a minute or two i tried to lower the warmup lever the engine stalls.<br />started the engine up and let it warm up a litle longer and than backed down the warm up lever and the same thing...
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    rebuild 115hp evi 1990

    today i took the rodcaps off and took the pistons out and put the caps bak on,<br />put the piston assambly in seperate ziplockbags and wrote the cylinder nr on the bag.<br />took the crank out and inspected it and visualy i cant see anything wrong with it.<br />only on the upperbearing part i...
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    crankcase

    i pulled of the flywheel of a v4 115 and took the lower and upper crankcase covers off.<br />i removed all the crankcase bolts,dowel pins, and hex srews but i cant get it loose.<br />wat am i doing wrong here am i forgetting something?<br />the upper bearing is off and the lower bearing is still...
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    flywheelpuller

    finaly i got the flywheel of my 1989 115 hp evi<br />about a week ago i tried a puller that i bought at sears bud i bend all the studs from the puller and i got very frustated.<br />today i bought for 65 dollars a OMC puller and i pulled the flywheer right off.<br />So this is a good exemple of...
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    flywheel play

    today i started my 110 evi 1989 and of course found out that i have to replace the thermostats.<br />I had it winterised and started it up witout a problem.<br />After the alarm went of shut the engine down and let it cool till the alarm stopped.<br />then i checked the compression and were...
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    stringer material

    Can i use trax (what is used as decking)<br />to replace a loose and broken stringer?<br />Trax does not rot and is flexible.<br />i want to cut it in shape and glass it in with 3 layers of matt.<br />but if somebody thinks trax is bad let me know please.<br />reeldutch
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    tearing down powerhead 115 evi cf 1990

    today i got the flywheel holding tool in and after a litle fight i finaly got the bold that holds the flywheel down of.<br />I have a puller that i bought at sears but i destroyed it trying to lift off the flywheel.<br />can somebody tell me were to get a real flywheel puller(may be online)<br...
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    Carbon buildup

    So i'm tearing down a 1990 115 evi<br />and there a lot of carbon in the exhaust ports and i'm scraping away the carbon and brushing it of with solvent.<br />my question is, can i powerspray the block before i send it out to the machine shop?<br />powersprayer will do a good job on all the...
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