Recent content by webrx

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Having difficulty getting PBASE images to display, so here is a link to my folder where I have my projects..... https://www.pbase.com/webrx/boats_and_motors The first 5 pictures are of the Starcraft and Motor.

Hi all, Not my first tinny, and probably wont be my last :) Long story short I started with a 10 ft tinny as my first boat, many years ago, threw it in the back of my pickup truck and had a 2.5 hp on the back. Been up and down the boat road, from tin to fiberglass, and did some time on big...

absolutely, new waterpump housing, key, impeller, seals, o-rings, etc. Don't want to have to take her down twice if I can avoid it. She is a sweet running little 9.9, but was not generating a lot of water out of the tell tale, which is why I tore it down for a waterpump/impeller repair...

Found a post about a stuck drive shaft in head and a comment stating reinsert it and good to go. so, I think I am good to go. Just an aside on this if you have rust in the head where the drive shaft splines go in, I cleaned the rust out of mine with a rifle cleaning rod, some penetrating oil...

Hi all, I have a 1977 johnson 9.9 and when seperating the lower unit from the upper to replace the impeller, the shaft came out of the lower unit instead of from the head. It appears it was rusted into the head unit, and I was able to remove it with some penetrating oil and a bit of wiggling...

if the bulb is "squeezed in" you need to check the tank vent and make sure it is open and air is able to flow. d

Have you done anything recently to the motor? If so, check that first. If not, it is possible that you have a fuel, or spark issue. If fuel checks out, then check spark. I have just gone through a friends 73 and ended up having a bad coil, worked fine for a while then when it got hot it...