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    Evinrude to Johnson

    Hey folks, Its been a while since I've posted, but have a few questions.. I have a 1977 Monark fishing boat. It had a 1977 55 HP Evinrude motor on it. Long story short, I blew that motor up. I have since then taken the motor off of the boat and found one for sale. It's a 1975 Johnson 70 HP...
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    Trim/Tilt not holding

    Hey guys, I have a 1977 55 Evinrude. When I have my motor tilted up due to shallow water, and I'm running at least half throttle, the motor goes down by itself. It's not holding the position that I want to keep it at. Is there an O ring or something I can replace to keep it from leaking down...
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    1977 55 Evinrude

    Hello all, After a long year of working on it, I finally took my boat out on the water for the first time. Everything was going great and then suddenly it throttled down and died. It finally cranked back up and then I could only get about half throttle from then on. I never replaced the spark...
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    1977 55 Evinrude shift linkage

    Hello All, I am replacing the impeller on my 55 evinrude and cant seem to find where to disconnect the shift linkage in order to drop the lower unit. From my little bit of research, I think its underneath the carbs in the front. Does anyone know where I can find a diagram, picture, etc to...
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    1977 55 evinrude

    I replaced the ignition om my evinrude and i saw 2 terminals that were labeled 'm'. One was black with a purple runner I believe and the other was solid black with another black wire coming off of it. On my new switch, for the 2 'm' terninals, one terminal was raised and the other was not. Does...
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    1977 55 evinrude

    Hey All! New to boating world, and have a question some of you might know. I have a 1977 55 evinrude and i replaced the ignition switch because previous owner lost the keys. After doing so, i hooked up a good battery to it to see if it would turn over and all i got was a clicking noise. Any...
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