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    Battery Drain through Regulator/Rectifier

    I have a 900ma battery drain through the red charge wire to the rectifier on this engine. I haven't done any specific diode tests yet but have definitively determined the drain to be from the starter solenoid to the red wire of the rectifier/regulator. No drain on any other circuit and if I...
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    Tilt tube removal questions.

    I need to swap the engine mounting brackets and associated parts from a parts motor to another that we are going to refinish in order to minimize the area we need to sand blast and paint. The engine to be refinished has a good bit of bracket and lower unit corrosion from sitting in the water in...
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    1994 Johnson 50 No Spark VOODOO

    I'm trying out a virtually unused 94 Johnson 50 (owners Dad died the day after he bought it). No spark on either cylinder. I separated the cannon plug for the external harness to isolate the external wiring harness and kill circuit and jumped the engine to crank the starter; still no spark...
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    77 OMC Trim and Tilt Questions

    I need some help guys. We bought a 1977 70 hp Evinrude with Power Trim and Tilt. This is the system with the rams outside the engine bracket. The port (trim ram I've been told) was frozen in place. The motor, pump, and starboard ram all work. I've acquired another system and in testing on...
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    External Wiring Harness Repair?

    Does anyone have a clever idea to repair the rubber sleeve protector on an outboard external wiring harness. I was thinking of heat shrink tape but it's not adhesive and I don't know how it would hold up to the UV from the sun. Some sort of wrap-around adhesive heat shrink would be ideal but...
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    3 Cylinder Starter Interchange

    I need to test an 83 Johnson 75 hp that has a bad starter. Can I substitute the starter from a 77 Evinrude 70 hp? Both appear to be Bosch starters. Steve
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    72 Evinrude 50hp overheating - HELP! I'm sinking here!

    I recently purchased a long stored fresh water only 1972 Evinrude 50 hp model 50273C. We changed the water pump as a result of the overheat alarm sounding after 5 minutes at idle on initial start up. It still sounded the alarm after the replacement of the pump. Below is a summary of the...
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