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Originally Posted by Destroyer

You also might want to check the prop... I had a 35 hp engine a while back that would suddenly loose all forward thrust and overrev like it was kicking out of foward gear... Then I'd shift to N, then back to forward and start out again... as soon as it got some revs behind it it would kick out again...turned out to be the rubber prop hub was bad..it would hold in low torque situations, but as soon as the revs built up it would spin internally. You cannot see it by just looking at the rubber hub since it's pressed in, but if that prop is as old as the engine there's a good possibility that the rubber is dry rotted just enough to loose some of it's adheasion to the inside and outside walls of the prop, allowing the inside to spin under load. Point is before you pull the motor apart, might be worth your while to just try a different prop.. could be something as simple as that.

Now THAT'D be a homerun!!...