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    OMC Gas Tank Leaking Through the Glass Gauge on Top of Tank

    Re: OMC Gas Tank Leaking Through the Glass Gauge on Top of Tank Thanks so much for your suggestions. Today I took the four screws holding the fuel connector/fuel gauge assembly out. I discovered that there are actually three gaskets in this setup. First, there is a gasket between the tank...
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    OMC Gas Tank Leaking Through the Glass Gauge on Top of Tank

    I just picked up a used OMC Gas tank. It is the one with the glass gauge with the red needle that moves back and forth (as opposed to the one with the round window that you looked through to see numbers). I just filled the tank for the first time. On the way home I started to smell gasoline...
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    Rebuild 1960 Evinrude 5.5 hp Fisherman

    Re: Rebuild 1960 Evinrude 5.5 hp Fisherman Thanks, but a mechanic I aint. I owned a car for three years once, bought it new and sold it and never even saw the engine while I owned it! Well, I will do some more reading and studying. I have a 78 Johnson 6 hp that I'm using on the fishing...
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    Rebuild 1960 Evinrude 5.5 hp Fisherman

    I acquired a 1960 5.5 hp Fisherman in reasonably good physical condition. I purchased it on eBay over 10 years ago. When I picked it up, the lady said it was her fathers and hand not been run in a couple years. So a couple years plus 10 years is a long time it has not run. I can pull the...
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    Johnson 6hp Frozen Lower Unit? Cracked? Hole?

    I bought a used Johnson 6 hp, circa 1978, last summer. I ran the water out of the water pump and ran some Stabil Gas through the carborator--all I did before storing it in the garage. I just checked in on it and there as a considerable amount of what I assume is gear lub/oil on the floor of...
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