Slow recoil on Johnson 4hp Cord

mdking77

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I just took a Johnson 4hp (not sure of the year) out of my Dad's basement; hasn't been used since 1993 I am guessing. It does start, but the pull cord is very slow to recoil. Any suggestions?
 

1946Zephyr

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Re: Slow recoil on Johnson 4hp Cord

Yep, spray the heck out of the assembly with WD-40 I'm sure that you'll need to do a lot more, once you get it to start.....and that's if you're lucky enough to get it started. At the very least, it'll definately need a new waterpump impeller and likely the carb and ignition system will need going through. Good little motors and well worth the effort. A have a comparable model in the Evinrude here and they run nice.
 
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