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    1997 yammie 90 smoke and water out of the front of the motor??

    Just bought a Hewes bayfisher with a 97 yamaha 90 on it. Compression check came back at 98-95-100, so i continued on with the inspection. Once in the water I noticed smoke and water dumping from the front of the motor. I pulled the cowl off and looked and didnt see anything inside the cowl. The...
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    missing at idle, 1963 18hp fast twin

    I have a 1963 evinrude fastwin 18hp and recently had alot of problems, most of which came back to water in the gas. Through all of that I replaced just about everything (carb kit, points, condensers, coils, wires and plugs). Now i am having issues where it misses at idle and will eventually die...
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    63 fastwin 18 hard starting

    Well i think i may have the coughing resolved, but while riding yesterday ANOTHER problem showed up (will it ever end??). After running a while i pulled up to a beach area and killed the boat just to chill for a while. After hanging out a little bit i got back in the boat and (thank goodness...
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    fastwin 18 coughing and dying...again...

    well the problem started again. here is my original thread http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=436814 i decided to summarize what was accomplished in the last thread. rebuilt carb with omc kit, everything was clean to start, cleaner when finished new plug wires compression 100psi to...
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    1963 evinrude kill switch question

    When I bought this motor (18hp fastwin) the factory kill switch was not hooked up to anything. Now that I have it running good, and I cant kill it by simply throttling down (a good thing right1?!?!) I need a way to kill the engine besides choking it. I would like to hook the switch back up but...
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    old evinrude manuals

    sure are not look modern oem automotive manuals!! coming from a strong background of auto mechanics I was expecting to get this book and have it explained like in a helms car manual. 1. remove carburator. 2. Disassemble carb. 3. clean carb. 4. reassemle carb. etc... it is NOTHING like that...
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    1999 force (merc) 50, no water out the tell tale

    First off let me say that I am posting this in the merc section since i figure the motor was built by merc, so i assume this to be a better fit than the "force/chrysler" section. if i am wrong, please feel free to move it! I have a buddy with a 99 force 50. He was fishing this weekend and got...
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    1963 fastwin 18

    so i am finally working towards my goal of restoring an old boat and outboard (i only have the outboard and a jon boat, for fishing, right now though)... i got a 1963 fastwin 18 with fully functioning electric start. I ordered a manual a day or two ago but it wont be here until next week. my...
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    how should I install smart tabs on this transom?

    I have emailed the company and I am currently awaiting a response. I am too impatient though, I was hoping to pick up a set and install them this afternoon. I have a 17' aluminum semi v bass boat with a stepped type of deck. I am unsure as to how to mount the tabs with the step being there. I...
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    1998 DT 150 missing BAD

    Ok, I have two DT 150's on my boat and one of them runs excellent, the other one.... not so much. Yesterday it started missing really bad, and wouldnt get about 1600 RPM. I have had this problem before and a mechanic charged me 700 bucks to "tune it up". I thought this fixed the problem, but it...
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    treated plywood corrosive to aluminum?

    im about to replace the transom on my aluminum boat and was just curious if i would be safe to use treated plywood for it. i know that the new treating process create a condition that is corrosive to galvanized products, and i was just curious if any reaction would occur with aluminum. Thanks...
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    need more power out of evinrude 75

    mine is an '82 model. right now my 17' boat tops out at about 35, i would like to see above 40, ideally around 45. is there anything that i can do to the motor to make some additional power?
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    when i trim up, boat starts bouncing

    first off, im kinda new to all this so excuse my ignorance as far as terminology goes. i have an 89 starcraft bass boss 170 with a 82 evinrude 75. when i try to trim it up the front of the boat starts bouncing real bad in the water. How can i make it stop doing this? i have been told that a jack...
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    trouble with '81 75hp at WOT

    Are the carburator blades supposed to be all the way open at WOT? mine are not, if i were to guess they are at about 60% throttle... now that i have fixed the tach im only getting 44-4600 rpms out of it. i tried to adjust the cable to open them up, and once i do this it will not idle lower than...
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