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    When to replace?

    So I hit a rock today while I was boating. It's not bad but you can tell where it was clipped. It has a few dings on the other blades too. When is it time to replace a prop? How bad can they get before they start doing other damage? Curious
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    1971 Evinrude Lark 50 Alarm Noise

    My 1971 Evinrude Lark 50 is making an alarm noise from the Selectric remote control. The manual calls it a "hot horn" but I haven't found much information on it yet. Has anyone else encountered this? Is it just telling me my girlfriend is hot? :)
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    My gut told me to change the gear oil.

    71 Evinrude Lark 50. It shifted funny once on Saturday, wouldn't go in to neutral. We've had it on the water 4 or 5 times this summer. It was bought about 2 months ago. I started draining the oil and recognized the burnt smell. There were bronze colored flakes coming out of the drain hole and...
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    71 Evinrude Pulling To The Right

    Re: 71 Evinrude Pulling To The Right It looks like the skeg (?) is bent a little, would this cause it? It's pretty drastic. If you let go of the wheel it turns pretty hard. Here's a pic.
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    What's the best way to transport my motor while on the transom?

    So there's that bar that hangs off of the stern bracket. If I unlock the motor, lift it, raise the bar in to position, lower the motor on it, and lock the motor down it stays and I think that's how the guy who sold the boat said to transport it but somehow we bent the bar (probably forgot to...
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    71 Evinrude Pulling To The Right

    So the boat started pulling to the right pretty bad. I adjusted the rudder a little and evened it out some but it feels like it's pulling to the right again, the rudder hasn't moved. I feel there's something else going on. Any advice?
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    71 Evinrude Lark 50 Idle Adjust

    I have had a lot of help from you guys on this motor, thanks a ton! It's running pretty good, had some bogging issues this weekend but we ran some carb cleaner through the carbs and it seems to be running better (on land). Hopefully we'll get it out on the water this weekend and see if we've...
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    1971 Evinrude 50 Lark Won't Turn Over

    Hey guys, so this Lark thing on the back of the boat won't turn over. When you turn the ignition key on it looks like it get's power but when you go to crank it nothing happens. No clicking no sounds whatsoever. The starter solenoid has been replaced. I'm looking through the posts in the FAQs...
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    New Boater Questions

    Hi guys, I'm new to the forums and am new to the boating scene. My girlfriend just bought a 14 foot Geneva (?) from 1972. It was quite a steal and seems like an awesome little starter boat. Unfortunately she just jumped on it and didn't ask to hear the motor turn over before she brought it home...
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