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    fun fun fun

    :rolleyes: just picked up a zodiac rib for free,only problem is the pontoon has come off the ridged hull:eek: oh well looked up the repair instructions on the zodiac web site (what amission!) looks like i will have to wait to summer to repair it the tempature and humidity requirements are pretty...
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    pride comes before a fall

    went down to the lake the other day to play with one of my toys and have o little fish. put the 14 foot alloy boat in andclimbed in with my little 2.5hp 40plus british seagull outboard circa1948 and proceeded to bolt it on,just then a vanload of swarthy types with a brand new twin outboard...
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    66 jw 3hp im in love

    just bought another light twin (own 3 now) i keep buyin em for parts and keep bringin em back to life instead....... this one was seized:( but i little kero down the plug holes and some love taps with:( an alloy punch and she freed right up !!:D turned her over with an eletric drill for a few...
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    good news and bad

    oh well the good first the 9.9 jhonny rude i recently bought has had the tiller arm changed from an old doner moter and runs awsome best 50 bucks ive spent in years!:D now the bad the 6hp 72 model fisherman now has the water problem fixed and runs smooth as glass but anything over two thirds...
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    why is it when the outboard gods smile the wife doesnt?!

    just picked up another johnyrude 9.9 88 model this time cost me 50 bucks and only had a stripped throttle shaft!:Dallwas good with the world ...then the wife found out!so i gently explained (LOL)that i would give on buying old out boards when she stopped collecitng teddybears(594 at last count)...
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    finding out the hard way evinrude 6hp 74 model boug

    :facepalm: bought a 6hp evinrude from a clown who proudly displayed recipts for a new water pump......too bad the idiot didnt know you cant run the motor on muffs because the pickup is in the exhaust skeg!!!!! result 1 outboard with no water circulation because the impeller had comlpletly melted...
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    finding out the hard way evinrude 6hp 74 model boug

    :facepalm: bought a 6hp evinrude from a clown who proudly displayed recipts for a new water pump......too bad the idiot didnt know you cant run the motor on muffs because the pickup is in the exhaust skeg!!!!! result 1 outboard with no water circulation because the impeller had comlpletly melted...
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    omc score 1960 3hp light twin

    just bought a 1960 jhonnyrude for 60 bucks off ebay!!! the "parts only " motor has a few missing knobs (ie low & high mixture + choke) and screws but all engine covers are there and decals are in suprisingly good condition and a quikk check revealed great compression 87/89 psi and very good...
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