" Really? What if I said it? You MUST be crazy if you believe what I tell you about motors! I get your drift, though. I tried for half an hour to get that shaft in further! I had pliers on the lower...

" Joe,

That was it! Thank you. I think I got things back together correctly, but it took all the courage I could muster to fire that thing up! The one question mark is the shift-shaft. I had...

" Here's your laugh for the day. I removed the lower unit screw that goes through the housing and connects to a shifting component! Now I need to remove the lower unit to either try to fix it, or...

I aquired an older Honda 10 hp. Model/ serial number B100-1200508. I can't find out what year it is and the dealer I talked to said they always look up parts by the year. Anyone have any Ideas?

" Hi, The skirting/bottom side of 1 my pistons broke off & locked up the motor. It also craked the exhaust port on that Cylinder. I plan on having that Clyinder resleeved and put in a new piston,...

" Joe - good to see you are still around!

JD - I like to use 89, makes me feel good, have heard the 93 octane has lots of additives - bad news.. Some outboards actually require 89 to prevent...

" On my friends 1990 250 HP yamaha, 76 degree V6, the engine oil tank level periodically falls below about 1/2 and then the low oil buzzer comes on, limiting RPM to 2000. Sometimes it refills and...

" Wish I had every spec on this engine for you (a friends setup), it's about a 2001 vintage, with the volvo penta duo prop setup.

The fuel pump is making a little noise. No performance issues...

" Thanks again tony - and yes, it's well on it's way, the bottom deglazed and all flushed out/cleaned. Gasket material removed and case/cover prepped for install. Found piston to be standard size,...

" tony,

That's good to hear - the .02 I got from a friend who is a mechanic (not a hack like me) was the same. Clean the chunks up, deglaze and replace... something else he said was that he...

"Again.. one more try:

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"The bottom was the only one that I find anything wrong with too, this is the top, the others all look exactly like it - even the carbon pattern. Does anyone have any insight on this? Thanks in...

" The bottom was the only one that I find anything wrong with too, this is the top, the others all look exactly like it - even the carbon pattern. Does anyone have any insight on this? Thanks in...

"Lets try that again:

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"This engine was rebuild last season do to a bad crank, it rotted out and the splines stripped. A locating pin on piston #4 was found to be missing at that time, bearings were replaced as well....

" Greg,

No idea even what that engine looks like exactly (L6?).. I'll post this up until someone who really knows comes through - If the plugs are clean, you are either getting no spark...

" sparky,

Well, thanks for the correction, as stated - wasn't quite sure on a 68 - I had an early 70's and that's the way it worked.

Jon "

" Next time it happens, I will not bring the throttle back and will instead look at the tach first.. my instinct is to pull the throttle back and see what happened... today I should be able to at...

" It's hard to say exactly, but way down, like in that 2000 RPM or less range, as if I pulled it down to idle speed - seems like it's going to just die out, but it doesn't, keeps idling. "

" Gary,

I *think* it's there so when you capsize nobody get's wacked with the prop. Mine starts fine fully tilted up and the switch is new.. probably some USCG saftey requirement.. I left...