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    HONDA LOP switch

    Hoping someone can help me, have never worked on a HONDA. Neighbor lady has a 50 hp. HONDA, dont even know the year but it has carbs. For a long time she has had problems with the alarm going off. I assume it is either an overheat or low oil pressure. She insist that it is not overheating and...
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    honda LOP switch

    Had two women on a pontoon pull into my boat house with engine issues. Best I can do to identify the motor is that it is an older HONDA. Perhaps a 50 with 3 cylinders. Her low oil press light was on, on her high idle lever. No alarm but the controls are very old and worn. Motor was not rattling...
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    outboard carb question

    Been rebuilding some carbs today for my YAMAHA and a thought came up that I have never really bothered to question. I have never worked on outboard carbs that have an accelerator pump. No piston or spring loaded diaphragm, nothing. Can someone tell me why? I have some thoughts but they are...
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    help in posting please.

    After being away for awhile, I have started posting and replying to different threads. I am signed in and can receive PMs. So I type in a sometimes extensive reply and submit it only to be told that I do not have permission to submit, I have to sign in again. I go back and am signed in. Then my...
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    YAMAHA 50 emergency start valve

    Have a YAMAHA 50 2 stroke, 50TLR, manufactured MAY 2008. Has been in the box until I had it hung last JULY. Wanted to use it before I died but the 50 MERC it was to replace never quit. It ran sluggishly for about an hour last JULY. Due to health reasons I was not able to use it again until my...
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    YAMAHA F-115 info

    This might be against the rules, will try to sneak it by. During my carrier I have worked from some quality manuals. DOUGLAS, BOEING, LOCKHEED. They all have extensive sections called D/O, description and operation, which actually break down each item, tell you how it works and its relationship...
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    headsup- tilt trim bypass

    Suggestion to those who do not have their boat in the water yet and can still get to it or those who trailer. Just replaced my YAMAHA trim motor, broke 3 out of 4 bolts so I had to haul the boat and remove the trim/ tilt unit. Never had an occasion to need to turn the tilt bypass screw until...
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    pontoon construction ( inside)

    Have never worked on a pontoon boat before. Neighbor woman has a SWEETWATER about 20 ft. she says has water in the pontoons. My question is what is inside those things? Is there any flotation foam injected in them. Are there seperate compartments, each one water tight or is it it one big tube...
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    setting an anchor / spreading ashes

    Dont know if I mentioned this a long time ago or not. Been hearing a lot about this lately. Live on an island, boats all around both commercial and recreational, clams, mullet, crabs but not to much fish since the net bans. People who are cremated, even if they were not water people, want their...
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    trailer tire question

    Lots of boats around her but few trailers. They are a liability until you need one and then it is usually an emergency. When you find one to use its a matter of replacing the lights and wheel bearings after you have cut the trees growing thru it. A few years ago I borrowed a neighbors trailer...
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    handleing a big YAMAHA

    Expect a motor to be delivered to me in the next few days. I can not look at it as it is on an island and will be fork lifted into a SKIFF. Only info I have on it or need right now is a sale broceur that says it weighs 540 lbs. A 50 is the biggest I have ever handled and dont know what to...
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    response to GOSOUTH99

    Thats my kind of boat, keep it simple. You should get a lot of enjoyment out of it. My MERCURY/ MARINER MANUAL says that a 10 1/4 by 14 prop would work for you. Will give 25 to 34 MPH. no difference if it is SS or alumn. Can understand the low gunnels. Ended up putting a 40 johnson on our MACKEE...
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    posting help please

    Been gone for awhile. Something has changed or I am getting to old and losing my memory. I can not figure out how to reply to a thread. Where is POST A REPLY or REPLY to this THREAD. It is really getting me aggrivated. What am I missing? Obviously I can find the POST NEW THREAD. Thanks for...
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    MERC, FORCE, MARINER ?? carb help

    Working on a neighbors motor. A 40 TRACKER, has MERCURY written all over it. 1998 ELPT OE3233806. The idle circuit is clogged and inop. Very simple carb, a single barrel TILLOTSON, 854446, Also TC135A 736. Idle circuit consist of a small brass tube from the float bowl, thru the venturi. then...
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    ID help please

    A neighbor asked me to look at his motor. Not sure if it is a MERCURY, FORCE or MARINER. COWL says TRACKER, FORCE POWER SERIES, by MERCURY. 1998 ELPT s/n OE323806. Also the plugs, 2, he removed were the surface discharge type while the new plugs sold to him are the standard side electrode...
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    Keys this weekend?

    Anyone planning to be in the keys this weekend? We will be hanging around between MARATHON, BAHA HONDA and LITTLE TORCH. Would be nice to run into someone down there. regards FRED. PS. Where ever you are, have a good time on the water this weekend.
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    YAMAHA iginition switch wire colors.

    Am putting things back together on a 703 control. Replaced the ignition/ start switch and can not get the starter to engage. I do not know if this was a problem before the boat was pulled or not. Switch is a simple off-on-start, with no push to choke, with 5 wires. Wire colors are...
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    yamaha 703 control wires

    Think I have this womans motor back together, time to run it. 2 locals pulled the boat for her and say they gave her back the key. She cant find it. So happens that the key ring also had attached a key to a restricted ramp which cost about $ 40 to replace. I figure the key was sold for a case of...
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    keys trip

    Got back from spending a few days in the keys. Learned an awful lot. Was always turned off by all the businesses on the road from MARATHON up so I always stayed from BAHA HONDA south. Dont have a trailer or tow vehicle so we were restricted to the beaches and bars. Never got around to renting a...
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    what is the cable for YAMAHA 40?

    YAMAHA 40 hp. 2 stroke. C40PLRS, believed to be a 94. Abandoned attempt to replace the motor mounts and am putting the thing back together. Person before me started to pull the powerhead and walked away from it. Determined its going to live its saltwater life out with what mounts are left and am...
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