Re: 1974 85 johnson needs starting fluid?
There is confusion here.You dont have a primer,you have a butterfly operated choke,as long as your squeeze ball is hard,and when you push key in ,the choke should ,as said,pretty much close off the opening of the carb,how it works is,as the engine rotates ,it causes a suction on the carb,if the butterfly choke is closed ,the suction should pull fuel from the carb bowl,if the butterfly wont close enough ,the suction is lost,so you get no draw on the choke tube,you can adjust the choke solonoid to pull the choke closed more.You can also try it by choking by use of a rag for a test,be sure you dont allow debris to be sucked in.If it just dont work,you may need to clean the choke tubes with a small piece of wire.If you rebuilt the carbs ,you should have soaked in a good cab cleaner solution.This is why we always say its important to totally dissamble the carbs.The small passages in the carbs cannot be seen by eye,
