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    Starter not engaging flywheel

    cheaper cheaper
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    Mercury EL 25hp Outboard Shut Off

    You wrote no controls .
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    1990 Evinrude 3HP, dies when throttle opened more than half

    NO ONE is forced to build GOOD replacement parts. The cheap quality companies selling anything at high prices and low prices ? Could not care less. As they cruise on their yachts.
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    200 horsepower Mercury warning buzzer

    It can take ......ANY.... amount of time for a failure to occur. Motors are just like people.
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    Why I do not have new boats.

    A boat CAN CAN be legally sold as NEW. Even if 5 years old. The number of years old is controlled by state and the manufacturer.
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    Why I do not have new boats.

    Only rich people can afford to buy brand new ANYTHING. Only the super rich can keep paying for service calls and parts
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    Engine hours

    Do any experienced believe any hour meter that has been used in any boat ? I sure would not. Boat has brand new engine in it. DUUUUHHH On buying it based on the hour meter ? bigger DUUUHH
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    Mercury EL 25hp Outboard Shut Off

    To stop the engine. Simply use the choke control. It will stop it if held in long enough. To restart. Do not use the choke on a warmed up and slightly flooded engine.
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    Trolling motor disrupts sonar image

    What is the voltage when operating ? Of the trolling motor and the sonar battery ? Do they have their own battery or do they share ? Is the interference only with the motor running at certain speeds ?
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    1996 Evinrude 48spl warning sound

    I went to www.crowleymarine.com Found your engine. Parts are available. The 2 rows of parts in the drawing can be confusing. Post back for helping what you might need. Your motor has the safer 3 bolts holding all those parts in place.
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    1996 Evinrude 48spl warning sound

    the LONG idling at the loading area will produce varying temperatures......... My 1986 30 hp Would sound a steady OVERHEAT alarm as soon as I went 300 feet from the dock. I would race up the motor in neutral for about3 to 5 seconds. Horn stopped. Did that for about 10 mornings. Them never...
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    Trolling Motor Grinding/Friction Noise

    Do not be surprised if the electronics start failing from the friction overload. Buy a new trolling unit.
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    2002 5,7 Mercruiser exhaust manifold keeps cracking - 5 times this summer

    You live in a area with ZERO good marine mechanics. Are you still using the same brand of parts ? Same repair place ?
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    2000 - 225 Evinrude Fitch EMM Question

    Thank you for posting the cure. (y)(y)(y)
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    When do you pull your freshwater boat?

    I never changed or drained gas tanks in all my years. N J is a very humid state. So is Clayton N Y. Grass is coated wet every morning. Leaking gas caps, rags as gas caps Buying gas from gas stations with rusted out in ground tanks, Surface water getting into the tanks. Lots of ways to get wet...
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    Finally can troll for 1 hour none stop. With CLEAN sparkplugs.

    It was those rubber gaskets shifting around. Preventing 143 F engine temperature. ALL Start and Run problems are gone. No black soot on center of the plug. :) (y)(y)(y)(y)(y)(y)
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    2002 5,7 Mercruiser exhaust manifold keeps cracking - 5 times this summer

    They did not install YOUR engine !! ? SOMEONE elses engine.
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    2002 5,7 Mercruiser exhaust manifold keeps cracking - 5 times this summer

    They forgot to install YOUR ORIGINAL exhaust risers. Or put someone elses short risers on. Only so many ways to crack Cast Iron Risers and Exhaust manifolds. By now warped / leaking cylinder heads are a real possibility. only other possibility Is the engine oil on the dipstick a light brown...
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    1966 MFG Rebuild

    Self bailers. Can and do become self sinkers. I have saved 1 new Trophy boat sinking. From Zebra Mussels holding the flaps open.
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    When do you pull your freshwater boat?

    Midwest college did a WINTER LONG test of amount of water the tank collected by changes of temperature and Humidity. They said the amount of condensation was almost nothing. Tank was almost empty at start.
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