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So I just got back from the outboard guy and gave him all the info that I acquired. Possibilities included : a spun prop hub, an electronic intermittent motor problem, the throttle cable itself being shot, everything to the cover for the control being on backwards.

He tells me that the throttle cable is stainless steel, it would break before it would bend, and he's 99% sure it's not the issue. He also tells me : "You know kid, It might be your prop..."

OK, so he takes the prop off which is a michigan wheel rapture stainless steel prop ( I believe a 17) ... he pulls it off, and "What's that pencil doing in there?" Pencil????? Sure enough I look into the prop and there's a regular pencil running through there. He says to his buddy : "What do you think, was it cavitating?" I have no idea what cavitation is or why there was a pencil through my propeller but he's putting a different prop on tomorrow (an aluminum one, which I'm not very fond of), and splashing it in the sound.

$125.00 I'm up to, and no repairs made.... ugh.

The saga continues.....

I'll post more info when I get some.