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    Need help...35 evinrude quit on a trip

    Hello from central florida, day 2 of 9 of my spring fishing trip. I need advice, so Im gonna lay all the symptkms out... 79 evinrude 35 horse. Ran pretty good ghe first 2 days, but today around 3 it just wouldnt start, didnt evrn want to turn over. I let it sit, drained the bowl, air out the...
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    1979 Evinrude 35 Horse Shifting/Control Cables

    Hi folks, I ran my 86 28 SPL till it was dead, and just picked up a 79 'Rude 35 horse to replace it. I am trying to use the same control box from the 1986 motor, which was a one lever box. Took it to the river today, and it had a little trouble shifting between reverse, neutral and...
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    Link and Sync

    Sorry I have to ask for help again, but the manual I have is in greek relative to this procedure. I have an 86 28 horse Johnson and I have no idea if I have the throttle adjustment synced to the timing advance. I just put it back the best I could and it runs, but gets very hot - could be lean...
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    Electrical tape might have been sucked into the carb

    First off I want to say I'm an idiot. The needle on the carb kept rattling looser so as a stupid quick fix I took a peice of electrical tape, about 5 inches long and taped it tightly around the base to secure it. Yesterday the motor started running funny, surging and jumping at high throttle...
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    Watertube, 86 johnson quick question in need of an answer

    Burning daylight here -A quick answer would be awesome I can't get the watertube to fit up into the grommet at the base of the powerhead. It just aint going. The grommet looks fine when I shine 1,000,000 candlepower up there. The end of the tube is flared, is this right or is it causing my...
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    1986 28 SPL Johnson

    Hi, I just picked up a 28 SPL for my small boat and I have a couple questions, you guys have always been helpful in the past... Took the motor out today and after putting the boat back on the trailer I noticed a combination of water and oil or grease squeezing out of this hole in the foot...
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    Enviromental Friendliness of an old outboard

    I guess this is the right board for this question. Of course all old outboards are notorious for wasting a lot of fuel/oil and polluting, but I was wondering what could be done to try and limit this as much as possible. I have a 4 cylinder 64 'rude and I feel a little bad about the oil slicks...
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    Rack steering on an old Evinrude

    Hey guys its me again. I got the ignition working great, thanks, but now I'm down to another problem. I'm trying to convert that same 1964 sportfour 60 horse 'rude to rack and pinion steering, but of course it doesnt have a tilt tube. I tried using heavy I bolts through which to thread an old...
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    1964 Evinrude 60 HP Ignition wiring

    Re: 1964 Evinrude 60 HP Ignition wiring This guy gave me 2 solenoids and a bundle of wire. I don't know if they were made for it or not. There isn't much info on either or them. Here is a pic of the other one, it looks decidedly diffferent. I went and got a Sierra MP4100 Ignition switch...
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    1964 Evinrude 60 HP Ignition wiring

    Re: 1964 Evinrude 60 HP Ignition wiring Hey F_R, everyone, I've been looking at the diagram for days and I still can't figure it out. I don't understand the ignitions switch part, am I supposed to have a key switch that turns into the different positions because what came on the panel is just...
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    1964 Evinrude 60 HP Ignition wiring

    Just bought this motor and I'm installing it on my boat, but I dont understand the ignition wiring. I was given a couple solenoids, some wire and a dash panel with the starter and choke buttons on it, but I want to figure out how to wire it. A specific, or even a general diagram on the...
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