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    Vernatherm removal

    Ok, 1976 Evinrude 85 hp (m/n 85693g) where I am trying to get the vernatherm out so I can clean or replace it. I have the cover out and the vernatherm seems stuck in the housing. From the limited notations I can find it seems that the vernatherm just sits in the housing. Is this correct? How do...
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    Exaust housing cover

    I'm sorry. Maybe I wasn't clear. I mean how to get off the 'shroud' that goes around the back that would open up space in the back to easier get to the thermostat. Here are a couple of pics of it.
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    Exaust housing cover

    I am trying to change the thermostats on my '76 Evinrude 85 hp (M/N 85693g). My guess is this will be the first new thermostats in 43 years. I have the 2 of the 4 bolts out of the thermostat cover and started the 2 bolts from the part between the thermostat cover and the lower cowling that the...
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    1979 5hp gear oil change??

    There is the small vent under the cavitation plate, which I assume is the water intake. Directly behind that vent is a nut that is used to hold the lower unit on. Behind the nut, just at the end of the cavitation plate is a threaded hole that presumably held the anode. I don't see any other screw.
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    1979 5hp gear oil change??

    Hey, I have a '79 Merc 5hp (4.5actually) s/n 5271800 that has to have a gear oil change. The problem is that I can only find 1 screw. It is on the starboard side, right above the cavitation plate. There is nothing between that and the top of the shaft or that and the bottom of the shaft. My...
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    "old" Mercury 5hp

    I have a 5hp Mercury outboard and am trying to get all the info on it. The plate is still there and it says the S/N is 5271800. I can not find this number anywhere. Any thoughts??
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    Foot switch issue

    I have a Minn Kota 599M. Yes, its o.l.d. I know but it worked great until yesterday. When I step on the button nothing happens. It works fine on constant and if I reach in and manually depress the plunger on the switch. The foot button seems to just be 'flat' and does not make contact with the...
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    No start, 'groung' wire burned up?

    I have a Yamaha 25 4 stroke F25eshd. Well, as I have done a thousand times over the years I connected my battery backwards. No big deal, right? It sparked and I went to swap the cables around. I smelled a burning smell and looked down and what I am guessing is some sort of grounding wire (pic...
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    I dropped my 25 off the stand !@#$ What did I break?

    I was going to work on my boat and put my 25hp 4 stroke on the stand...then it fell over. After offending my neighbors and embarrassing my wife, I picked it up and found this part on the lower starboard side of the cowling. I have no ideal what this part is and what needs to be done to fix it...
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    Yamaha 20 HP stop button

    The stop button (2nds as the kill switch) is VERY hard to push to stop the motor. Is this typical? Anyone have a fix to make the button work easier? Not a huge deal but when my Dad takes it he can barely get it to stop and has had to just pull the lanyard off. Any ideas would be GREAT!! Rick
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    Oil gushes from dipstick!!??

    I recently bought a 2011 Tohatsu 25 hp, 4 stroke. The previous owner asked 'what's that' when I asked if he had been running non-ethanol gas. The lines were leaking and I had them replaced. All was good for several trips with some continuous running until about after about 30 minuets of running...
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