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    2015 F70 Stalling - out of ideas.

    Ok - this has officially driven me nuts. 2015 F70 new to me. 80 hours. Runs beautiful from start up until first stop. Could be an hour, could be 20 minutes. After restarting from first stop. I live in an area with a lot of slow speed zones. She’ll run slow speed for about 4 minutes and...
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    94 200hp trouble shooting

    Evening all. Took a new to me boat out today for its first sea trial. It would idle ok, and then sneeze every so often. At wide open it would rev to 3500, surge to 43, drop to 3500 and do that over. Everything felt like a timing issue. But for the life of me I can’t find a manual online...
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    Johnson 50 won’t idle, unburnt fuel in exhaust water

    2000 Johnson PLSSM i can get the engine to start by manually opening throttle butterflies. But she smokes like mad and there’s unburnt fuel coming out of the exhaust. Here’s what I’ve done so far: compression 120 on both verified spark jumps 7/16 gap on both cyls verified WOT timing using joe...
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    Johnson 50 carb air screw setting

    J50PLSSM Rebuilt the carbs but didn’t count the turns removing the air screw on the starboard side of the carb (spring loaded screws) I read 3.5 turns out to start but nada. Can’t get her to start without throttle and no dice on idle. any guidelines or tips for setting? thanks!
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    99 135 Optimax - stripped #1 spark plug

    Doing a spark plug change on my 99 135 OptiMaxx and when I took out the number one spark plug it was very hard to get out and just as I feared when reinstalling a plug the threads were shot. so i’m going to attempt to run a tap in and clean up the threads. But I’m not very confident and I’m...
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    How to handle contaminated gas

    200EXTED for what it may be worth. Running pre-mix Finally got the engine running great - but I’ve been using a portable tank as I assumed the sediment and such in an old sitting tank would (at minimum) cause running issues based on contamination. so I put 25 gallons in the tank, installed a...
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    Evinrude 200 won’t rev past 3000-3400

    E200TXETD as posted before here https://forums.iboats.com/forum/engine-repair-and-maintenance/johnson-evinrude-outboards/10802393-200-evinrude-losing-spark-at-3400 she won’t rev past that 3000 range - gets a little bouncy. New coils, plugs, new power pack, I tried disconnecting the temp...
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    200 Evinrude losing spark at 3400

    E200TXETD The resurrection of this old engine has been going very well all things considered. New fuel pump, power pack, plugs and some wiring fixes and she fired right up and isles great. went for first water test today - brought my whole set of stuff with me. Again, started great, idled...
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    Shift rod adjustment 1993 E200TXETD

    dodging storms and waiting for parts have put me on a delay. But the tilt and trim is no functional, new water pump, power pack, plugs, starter, starter solenoid. she runs now. But have yet to splash for other issues. Anyway, in the lower unit service (impeller, pump, and new oil) I must...
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    Lazy starter - E200txetd

    got the engine wired up, cleaned up a bit and wanted to give it a shot at turning over. Hooked up some water and turned the key and the starter barely turns the engine and started smoking. Wondering if there was an issue with the battery cables or battery switch I direct hooked a new...
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    It begins - tilt and trim motor

    93 evinrude 200 looper in my previous post you may have read I’m trying to resurrect an old boat with an engine that hasn’t run in a while. Took out the old plugs and hit the cyls with tranny fluid and let it sit and then tcw3 - not trying to start it yet. Just verifying what’s working and...
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    One day i'll stop doing this to myself... New to me '93 Evinrude 200

    Well alright! Picking up a classic '80 Mako with a '93 Evinrude 200 Carb'd motor (E200TXETD). Long story short, pre-production model of the Mako bought by an OMC Fitter/Mechanic in 1984. Meticulously maintained. Was pulled out of the water to do some maintenance in 2010 when wife got sick...
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    Never seen this one before....

    So I’m boat shopping again - always looking for the next project. Found this nice old mako with a Yamaha 200 “precision blend” (sorry didn’t get the model number) runs, idles. Smokes a lot. Talked to them about the engine - touched base with their mechanic and check this out. I’ve never seen it...
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    Where to wire in Tach, 79 Johnson Seahorse 35

    Morning All - on previous motors i've had there was a grey tach wire that ran up tot he control box. Doesn't seem to be the case with this 35hp. Search uncovered it's directly wired to the rectifier (or i may be wrong there) - so i'm looking for a bit of insight on where it should be wired to...
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    79 Johnson 35 idle?

    79 Johnson Seahorse 35 according to the manual the roller should line up with these two little marks on the timing roller. The engine isles fine and revs up relatively well. But I cannot find any way to adjust this piece to make the roller meet between them in neutral idle. am I missing...
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    Stator review

    got bored waiting for the new part to arrive so I removed the flywheel and stator from my 75 50hp 50573b. And heres what what she looked like. here’s the “goo” now I’m confident there’s an issue - but I’m not fully sure how to diagnose and confirm. Here’s my tester - insight on what...
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    Replacing the Stator - what else?

    Noticed tach jumping around recently. Give it a tap and went back to normal - didnt think much of it. And then last time out saw the voltage going high on the read-out on my fishfinder (no voltmeter in dash) at about 16v. That leaned me right to the rectifier. Replaced it ASAP - solved the...
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    Confirmation on tach setting

    1975 50hp 50573b installed a tach and set the dial in the back for 6 p - but now I’m curious - I saw some conflicting info only that the 50 should be set at 5p? but this info also said for 77 and later - so I’m not sure if my 6 setting is correct or if I should set it to 5? thank you in advance.
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    Don’t be me - save your coils

    More as a warning: I was doing the Joe Reeves method to check and set my full advance timing. (Felt like I was a little off at WOT. I only had one spark plug tester. So I set that on the top plug wire and unplugged the bottom and hung it over the side of the cowling away from everything. The...
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    Where would you drill for tell-tale install?

    1975 Evinrude 50 50573B These eninges don't have tell-tales as many of you are aware. And i've read through the post here ( https://forums.iboats.com/forum/engi...ng-a-tell-tale ) about installing one. I am aware that they don't have an affect on the running and motors with water flow can...
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