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    '87 Evinrude 70 dies

    Hi all...back again with a minor problem. Yesterday I was driving my boat and after about a mile or so of travel the engine just died slowly. It had been warming up for probably 5 minutes before the trip. It started coughing and within three or four seconds it died. I was only running it...
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    1987 Evinrude tilt trouble

    Our boat sits on the hard when the tide is out, and therefore the motor is always kept in the "up" position. Yesterday, I went to check to see if everything was OK, but the motor had somehow managed to lower itself and was actually holding the weight of the back of the boat off the bottom! Ouch...
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    Honda carburetor throttle shaft fix

    I have a 2005 Honda 9.9 high thrust o/b on our sailboat. A couple of months ago, the motor started acting up - it turned out to be two cracked spark plugs and a kinked throttle cable. The plugs were obviously an easy fix, the throttle cable was a bit more of a pain. With the new cable in...
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    Propellor seems to be slipping?

    2007 Suzuki 25hp o/b. Until a short while ago it was great. Now it seems to lack drive when I use the throttle. What happens is this. I turn the throttle to about 3/4, the motor revs up fine, but seems like it is cavitating. If I leave the engine speed up - maybe even a little over 3/4...
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    2006 honda 9.9 cooling???

    I have a '06 9.9 hi-thrust honda o/b on our sailboat. Yesterday, I noticed water was not flowing out the tell tale, none at all. The motor seemed to be running fine. We make a trip over to the mainland every week, about 45 minutes each way. Not sure how long it might have been like this. I...
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