Re: Johnson/Evinrude (E/J) 4 or Nissan 5 HP?

From: Tom Medin (medin003@maroon.tc.umn.edu)
Date: Sat Apr 01 2000 - 22:33:16 PST


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Yeah, those stinking 6 strokes seem to have those problems.

> I did purchase a Nissan 5HP 6 Stroke with external tank that weighed in at 56
> lbs last week. It shook vehemently as all single cylinder outboard motors
> do. Except, It shook more vehemently than I expected and would not stay
> facing forward but tended to turn around to left no matter how hard I
> tightened that lil knob that's supposed to keep it facing forward. A second
> sample had same problem plus vibrated whole boat and lacked low end torque of
> a 2 cycle. I returned them to BoatUS.



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