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  1. DRCrowe

    1987 225 Evinrude no spark

    I tried starting my 1987 225 Evinrude today and it has no spark. It ran fine when I winterized it. I tried disconnecting the black/yellow wires at the powerpacks (1987 225 has 2 CDI's) still no spark. I tried closing the gap down on my volt tester to about 1/8 inch and checked several cylinders...
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    Water in 280 dp lower unit but pressure test is good?

    I have a 280 dp that I was servicing and found water and milky oil when I drained it. I decided to pressure test and see if I could find the failing seal but didn't see any bubbles? I've left the pressure pump connected to the outdrive and it has been at 10 PSI and hasn't moved for over an...
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    Volvo 290dp 2.30 lower on a volvo 280dp 1.95 upper?

    I recently picked up a Volvo 290dp 2.30 gear ratio outdrive that has only been used in fresh water and am considering putting the lower unit on my Volvo 280dp 1.95 gear ratio outdrive that has had many years in salt water. My question is, are the lowers the same on both units? is the differences...
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    1983 Evinrude 4 HP wont start

    I'm trying to get a 1983 4 hp Evinrude to run for a friend. The number is E4BRHCTA. The owner told me it started to run poorly and then stopped and wouldn't start again. It has very good spark on each plug and 100 psi on each cylinder. I tore the carb down and cleaned it. (It was in good shape...
  5. DRCrowe

    1987 Evinrude 225 charging and tach problem

    I have an intermittent issue with my tach and charging system on my 1987 225 Evinrude. It works perfectly and then a couple minutes later the tach goes to zero and the voltage drops to 12. Then the tach starts working again and volts go to 14.5. It seems to go back and forth more if I'm running...
  6. DRCrowe

    Ski Centurion stringer and floorboard restoration

    Not sure if anyone would be interested but I just finished a restoration of the stringers and floorboards on a 1987 Ski Centurion Barefoot Warrior. I was a little disappointed to see that the outside of the stringers were never glassed in from the factory! Probably why they rotted away. A...
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    1987 225 Evinrude doesn't seem to be charging

    A couple weeks ago I had a power pack go up in smoke (literally, smoke was rolling out of the cowling) The epoxy melted down all over the voltage regulator. In my initial inspection I had thought that the voltage regulator had gone bad as the motor continued to run fine and I thought the melted...
  8. DRCrowe

    1987 225 Evinrude VRO Pump rebuild question (now pump isn't working)

    I just rebuilt my VRO pump with a fuel side rebuild kit on my 1987 Evinrude 225. When I took the pump apart I found a torn diaphragm. I replaced all of the parts that the kit included except a small blue o-ring, large o-ring and duplicate parts (because they sent me 2 different kits and each kit...
  9. DRCrowe

    1987 Evinrude 225 trim motor

    The trim on my 1987 225 Evinrude quit working. I pulled it off the motor and took it apart and found a broken brush spring on the motor. I can clean it up and install a new spring but am thinking about just putting a new electric motor on. It wasn't much fun removing the unit and I' don't want...
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