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    OMC stringer power & timing issues

    I've got a 2.5L OMC stringer drive in my 19' Starcraft Islander. It maxes out at just over 20mph with my 13 3/4 x 15 prop and it barely can get itself out of the hole. I've been though every system and verified compression is even at just under 140 psi on all cylinders and my fuel suystem and...
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    19' Starcraft Islander Prop help

    Ive got a 1984 2.5L OMC Stringer drive powered Starcraft Islander. It is the same body / hull style as the new islanders. It came with a 13 3/4" diameter 15 pitch 3 blade aluminum prop. It currently tops out at about 23 mph at about 4200 rpm and has about a 30% prop slip if I am calculating...
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    1998 40hp Honda

    I ran for about an hour saturday with the fuel vent on my tank closed. Eventually we hit a no wake zone and the motor died. I opened the vent and tried to restart but had fuel leaking from the dime sized silver disks on the side of the carburetor. I pulled the plugs and found the one plug was...
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    Older Mercury fwd & reverse switched ???

    A friend of mine just bought an older 60 hp Mercury and it appears that the remote or something in the lower unit has been put in backwards. When you shift into forward gear the prop turns in reverse and when you shift into reverse it turns forward. I thought it may be that this is a reverse...
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    Carb cleaner Leaves a green Residue??

    I was trying to clean the carbs on my BF40A honda this weekend. I was using Valvoline SynPower Aerosol carb cleaner and Berry Mans B-12 Chemtool (something like that)After soaking the jets and other brass parts in berrymans it seemd to have a green powdery residue on the parts when they dried...
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    Honda BF40A No Power

    I have a 1998 Honda BF40A I just purchased. <br />The motor had sat a little while with old fuel and was not running great when it was purchased.<br />Initially it would not push the boat more than 5 mph at full throttle, it was hard to start and keep running at idle. Under load it had no power...
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