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    1979 evinrude 55 hp pumping water and still overheating

    i have a 55 hp evinrude and its pumping a good stong stream out of the tell tale hole and the motor will still reach a tempture of 215 degrees i just checked the thermostat today and it is opening and closing properly as it should. im still going to replace it due to it being a little nasty...
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    1979 evinrude 55hp timing & bringing out of storage

    Alright guys I've only timed my 1988 35hp evinrude using the joe reeves method I am going to do this with the 1979 55hp but I do not know the timing number for this motor nor do I know if it has timing advance does anyone know it off the top of your head?
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    1988 evinrude 20hp water coming from exhaust

    I have noticed excess water coming from I'm guessing my exhaust port the boat is peeing water like normal and running at normal temp but seems to have a lot of excess water coming from the two holes any ideas? Possiably A bad powerhead to case gasket?
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    HELP 1975 Johnson 9.9 won't idle good

    Alright guys I have a 1975 Johnson 9.9 I'm running it and it will not for the life of me idle for long but when I move the throttle on the carb it will scream and run like a sewing machine but when I bring it back down to a idle it will try to die out any ideas on what's going on?
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    1988 20hp evinrude converting to 35hp & adding electric start

    Alright guys I acquired a 20hp 1988 evinrude this summer and ran her all summer now I have acquired a donor 35hp motor with electric start. I plan on a flywheel swap and adding the starter and also a solenoid. After that I plan on adding the 35hp intake manifold (carb plate) and adding a 35 hp...
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    1988 evinrude 20hp no spark?

    Hey guys, Today someone gave me a 1988 Evinrude 20 HP. It hasn't been ran in 10 years. I checked the foot oil, compression, spark, and spark plug condition. Everything checked out, so I decided to take it to the water. After about 20 pulls it cranked, but ran like crud. A few minutes later, it...
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