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    Evinrude 1978 25hp - problem starting on both cylinders

    I've got an old 1978 Evinrude 25hp eninge which has been sitting outside the shed for a few months now, so I have decided to sell it on ebay.<br /><br />Anyway, put it in the wheely bin the other day to make sure it still worked, and guess what, it didn't!<br /><br />First I thought it was a...
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    Date of outboard..........

    I have just bought a 15hp mariner OB. Can you tell me the year please, here is the serial: 684cs027247<br />Many thanks
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    Need help installing new engine on RIB....

    I am going to install a 40hp OB on the back of my RIB.<br />This is much bigger than any outboard I have had before (25hp is the biggest I had) so I thought I had better find out the best way to install it. <br />The engine has the standard screw bolts on the inside of the mounting bracket. Can...
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    25hp 1978 Evinrude - Magneto or coil start??

    I'm installing a man-over board kill switch on my boat, but I need to know whether my engine (a 1979 25hp Evinrude) is coil or magneto start.
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    Steering wheel removal......

    My new RIB came with a jockey console. It has a helm and steering wheel already installed, only problem is, the helm is not compatable with the steering cable I have bought. I origianlly bought the cable for my other boat a few months ago, but in the end used a tiller engine. There is no chance...
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    How do I fix a jockey console down to the floor of my RIB?

    I have just bought a new Southern Pacific "Cormerant" 4.1m RIB. It came with a jockey console, but this isn't fixed down to the deck. I was wondering what the best way to fixing it down would be. My father suggested nuts and bolts, but there's no way I can get nuts under the floor. I thought of...
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    1978 25hp Evinrude - electrical issue

    I just bought an 1978 25hp Evinrude outboard. It's electric start etc, and I need some help with the wiring. <br />There are two very thick wires, one black and one red. I assume these are for the battery.<br />The other ones (4 of them) operate the electric choke, the start, and the kill?<br...
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    Does my Johnson seahorse have a starter motor/alternator?

    I have a 1984 Johnson Seahorse Longshaft sailmaster outboard. It has loads of wires and things in side, and there is a small piece of cable, (like mains electrical cable) which has been cut off, coming out of the front of the engine (it has been disconnected from somehwere inside.) I was just...
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    Johnson 6hp Seahorse - stalls after 3 seconds! Oil in the carb?^

    I have a 2 stroke 1984 6hp Johnson Seahorse "sailmaster" longshaft outboard. I took it out on Monday, but was in a real hurry, and didn't measure the 2 stroke oil (stupid me). I poured way too much in, but it didn't really register at the time, so I carried on. Well, I was chuggin down the...
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