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    top mount control handle push button use/yellow&red striped wires

    Throttle opens when shifted into reverse, but only when the handle's spring loaded button is held in. Throttle opens when shifted into forward without having to touch the handle's button. Is this normal, and is there a way to open throttle in reverse without having to press in the handle's...
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    remote cable installation

    Do both cables need to be channeled between the diamond shaped 1" x 2" piece, and the (apparent) barrel pocket holder attached behind it? Is the diamond shaped alloy movable, so that I can run the cables through that finger-width gap? This obstruction is 2" back from the cables' rubber seal, at...
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    raising Yamaha 50 one, two, or three mount holes

    40 mm thick timber is between the alloy transom and the Yamaha mount bracket which rests on a 65 mm wide x 300 mm long alloy surface centered in the transom's top, when the top two mount bolts are through the top two mount holes. If I raise the Yamaha with the top two bolts in the 2nd, 3rd, or...
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    Pretech 3000 Gen II single rotary helm 1 inch adjustment needed

    The helm also is labeled with '700010', and I loosened the t25 torx bolts, and the 10 mm hex bolts opposite them, but the cable inside still won't move an inch into the plastic excess tube. Steering to the motor's port stop limiter needs that extra inch. Thanks for your help.
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    50 hp 2 stroke exhaust sprays water

    This 50 hp DETO model seemed to start spraying water out of its exhaust yesterday, and I can't remember seeing the exhaust spray on previous tests. http://superfly.co.nz/Yamaha50/exhaust.jpg Water flows from the telltale, as it did before. What could have caused this change? Thanks for your help.
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    65 hp 3 cylinder Mercury stored without spark plugs

    The owner told me that the workshop left the plugs out, after its compression test(all between 138 and 140, he said) and that the engine has been stored with its plugs removed, under the cowl, for 9 or 10 months. Would that expose the cylinders to dust and other contamination? Thanks for your...
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    Mercury 650 year/ignition type needed

    I was told this Mercury 650 http://superfly.co.nz/Mercury65/outer.jpg had 3 cylinders and 'electric ignition'. Its year isn't critical, but I'd like to know the ignition system under the hood. Thanks for your help.
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    points and condenser for early 80s Chrysler 15hp

    The page of Sierra ignition parts listed "-" under contact points for a 15 hp. Are points and condenser still available for an engine that looks like http://superfly.co.nz/Chrysler15/outer.jpg http://superfly.co.nz/Chrysler15/exposed1.jpg http://superfly.co.nz/Chrysler15/exposed2.jpg The...
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    8hp 2 stroke choke knob removal

    The .pdf manual I bought indicates that my engine has a Walbro WM carburetor, and the first steps in removal are "1- Using a pair of pliers, remove the Circlip securing the choke knob in place. 2. Remove the choke knob by pulling it straight out. Unsnap the idle wire from the primer bracket...
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