The Sinking Of The OutBoard Marine Corporation -

...sooooo many no-name OMC boat company investments that fizzed out...innumerable...https://image.isu.pub/110109080007-4...jpg/page_1.jpg

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Originally Posted by FUJIMO

...talk about confusing marketing... "Johnson" Sterndrives, 2-stroke inboards, oil injection automatic, 4 stroke inboards, etc.http://www.omc-boats.org/gallery/lee...4guide/10a.jpg

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Learned something today. Even though I was a student of all things OMC as a kid in the 60s I never knew the 2stroke stern drive had oil injection. Any idea how it worked?

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Originally Posted by 99fxst99

Learned something today. Even though I was a student of all things OMC as a kid in the 60s I never knew the 2stroke stern drive had oil injection. Any idea how it worked?

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yup. they stopped making it after initially introducing it & promoting it & switched to premix only, because of the lack of a low oil warning system...well there was one...but it failed as well... Guess what happened next?

...Really?...http://s3-media3.fl.yelpcdn.com/bpho...ArzAwTug/o.jpg

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...Really?...http://s3-media3.fl.yelpcdn.com/bpho...ArzAwTug/o.jpg

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that's blaspheme!!!

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Originally Posted by FUJIMO

...talk about confusing marketing... "Johnson" Sterndrives, 2-stroke inboards, oil injection automatic, 4 stroke inboards, etc.http://www.omc-boats.org/gallery/lee...4guide/10a.jpg

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I know where two are never run on a display stand. Always wanted to buy a skater to put them in and watch people lose their sh*t. :)

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Originally Posted by Capt.Insane-o

I know where two are never run on a display stand. Always wanted to buy a skater to put them in and watch people lose their sh*t. :)

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:smiletest: Look at the lower unit! OMC Speedmaster clone??:D

...in the 90's, OMC...in a later attempt to help sell more small outboards, had Zodiac private label them some "OMC Express" inflatable boats...again, another deflated marketing strategy...https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/u...723408_614.jpg

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Originally Posted by FUJIMO

...in 90's, OMC...in a later attempt to help sell more small outboards, had Zodiac private label them some "OMC Express" inflatable boats...again, another deflated marketing strategy...https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/u...723408_614.jpg

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Hi-performance offering

The old rack gear tilt....common fail was it would stick in the full up position. That made many people very mad!

Knuckle drive. What a pain......

...Electro-Magnetic, Forward Gear Spring Activated Clutch & Reverse Gear Spring Activated Clutch's...Why so complicated? Someone else had the patents on a simpler, much more dependable means of gearcase shifting...http://hhscott.com/evinrude/images/electric_shift.jpg

The funny thing is with that convoluted bull**** intermediate housing a velvet drive trans and a direct drive outer would have been so much better..but hey whatever. I've seen less complicated haybines.

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Originally Posted by Capt.Insane-o

The funny thing is with that convoluted bull**** intermediate housing a velvet drive trans and a direct drive outer would have been so much better..but hey whatever. I've seen less complicated haybines.

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cost
just like Merc swapped the TRS for a Bravo

...Francis Langford Evinrude Estate in Jensen Beach Florida(Stuart)...a couple years ago...https://i0.wp.com/jacquithurlowlippi...04%2C453&ssl=1