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    help on overheat !

    72 Enenrude 50. After 2 minutes of running with muffs, the overheat alarm goes off. Cyl head feels real hot. To date I've replaced the impeller, replaced the entire water pump. Replaced the thermostat. Tried without thermostat or bypass spring. Flushed water directly into tube that...
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    Mississippi River Adventure

    I rebuilt an old 24 ft pontoon boat to use while I rebuild my good pontoon. Was going to sell it next year when my wife and I got the idea to run the Mississippi from Galena IL to New Orleans. We'll both be retiring next year.<br /><br /> I plan on enclosing most of the boat with screening and...
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    72 50HP Rude questions

    Got a good deal on a 72 50HP Electric Shift Evinrude this weekend. Said it ran good but didn't shift. Pulled the lower unit, found broken wires. Back together with a new impeller, fired up and it shifts!. Problem is it overheated. I'm waiting for my manual to arrive but in the mean time got...
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    Adding an outboard alternator ?

    I remember seeing outboards on the Mississippi with humps on the cover that enclosed a hydraulic pump to operate winches, etc for fishermen.<br /><br />Has anyone seen a similar application for adding an alternator to the top of an outboard? I'd like to add one to a sailboat kicker for keeping...
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    50HP -4 Evinrude - 2 problems

    '01 50HP Evinrude (Suzuki) 4-stroke on a pontoon - has a rev limiter in neutral (I think) to prevent overspeed without load. Recently I've been experiencing the rev limit in forward at the beginning of a run. Revs fine in reverse but bucks and shakes in forward for the first two minutes or so...
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    2001 Evinrude 50 4-stroke EFI - OVERHEAT

    Running this 50 on a 28ft Pontoon. We often putt about at 3000 RPM then after increasing to about 3800 RPM for a minute or so I get warning tone and the "hot" light comes on. Put it in neutral, teltale pouring fine and after about 30 seconds back to normal. Never does it at high speeds or...
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    Carb Rebuild or Fuel Injection Cleaner?

    Pick up an '85 Evinrude 40 (cheap) that sat two years but seems to run good. When I spray de-carb into the bottom carb it sputters and smokes like it's supposed to. But when I spray into the top carb the engine speeds up. It is definitely running on both cylinders. I doubt if this is normal...
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