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    1990 Johnson GT 150, stator or trigger issues?

    so over the weekend i bought this motor, 1990 Johnson GT 150 V6 with the 35 amp stator and 35 amp water cooled regulator/rectifier. i bought it from a guy who seemed genuine with the understanding he had the motor at a shop and ran out of money to fix it, so therefore he sold it. according to...
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    haunted 85 johnson javelin

    ok so ive come to the conclusion that im the proud owner of a haunted 1977 85hp johnson javelin. i got this motor, mounted it on a ski boat project and got it running. after many hours of testing, cleaning the carbs over and over again, taking every jet out, blowing thru the passages with an...
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    tell tale location

    ok i searched here, searched the net, and understand how and the general location area to add a tell tale to an omc v4, but im still nervous as a chihuahua about drilling my 1977 85hp johnson javelin as i just got it running. does any one have any specs or any pictures as to where the tell tale...
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    1977 johnson javelin 85 V4...no spark on #3 cylinder

    hey everyone, im back with another issue. ive recently acquired a 1977 johnson javelin 85 for a boat project ive been working on and after hanging it on the boat today and trying to start it, i found out i dont have spark on cyl #3. little back story, i got this motor from a friend, he had it...
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    should an evinrude intruder 150 have this?

    so i did some work for a guy and he paid me with this motor on a piece of junk bay boat, the motor runs, but heres the thing im curious about. its a 1991 evinrude intruder 150 and if you look, there seems to be a square exhaust relief port on the lower part of the center section, like a racing...
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    johnson 225 ocean runner with possible fuel issues?

    hey everybody, im back for a little friendly advice again, heres the scoop... i have a friend that bought an 1986 22ft boston whaler revenge with a 1994 johnson 225 ocean runner V6. it still has the vro system in place as well as the oil tank full of oil it sat for a few years before he...
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    anyway to tension 20hp mercury steering?

    i have a 1971 20hp merc tiller steer i picked up for a great deal, motor runs good, but the side to side steering is very loose, is there any way to tighten the steering a bit? there isnt any excessive slack in the bushings, but it just flops from side to side way too easy, is there a...
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    suzuki 2hp wont run....at all

    well normally im pretty good at working on motors but this one is a brain buster, a friend of mine brought a little suzuki 2hp outboard over for me to work on, its an older one, probably 80s model, and i cant get it to do anything he said before he brought it over, he had drug it out of a barn...
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    carb tuning on a 50 merc blue band?

    so i took my boat to the launch today, i rebuilt the carbs earlier this week, and after a little tweaking and sealing of leaks at the dock, she runs smooth, banging good on all 4 but i find it idles pretty high just sitting in neutral. when i drop it into gear, the idle goes down with the load...
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    83 merc 50, not getting gas to top carb???

    so i got this motor thru a little wheeling and dealing and trading after some reasearch i found its a 1983, its a 4cylinder, im pretty sure its a 50hp yesterday i put the motor on my boat, hooked everything up, put the hose pipe on it, fired it up, seemed to idle a little low, i squeezed the...
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    does anyone out there know how to weave nets?

    ive looked all over the internet trying to find out how to weave a small net, and youd be suprised how little information there is on the subject, and what information there is, is very misleading and hard to understand. basically what im wanting to do, is make a small shrimp trawl. about 6...
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    78 115 evinrude still having cranking "issues"

    so ive done just about everything i cant think to do to this motor ive rebuilt the fuel pump cleaned the carbs (spotless) decarbed the motor replaced fuel line, bulb, tank and fittings and still ive got problems heres my two situations from a cold start its almost impossible to crank i use...
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    how do i wire up a two wire trim?

    ok, so i frankensteined a motor, and put a 2 wire tilt and trim unit on a manual tilt motor, and for all intensive purposes i put a 6 prong 2 way toggle switch on it, just to test its operation on the boat. now the question is, how do i wire it up right??? the reason i say that, is the switch...
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    please help me with my evinrude 115

    so heres the deal, a while back i bought a 1978 115 evinrude V4, it runs but it has some "issues" it has good compression on all 4 cylinders, and a good hot spark on all 4 cylinders but........... from a dead cold start, it will not crank on its own, i have to squirt a little gasoline in the...
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    how do i wire my tilt and trim?

    so i bought a 115 evinrude a 76' or a 79' insure of the year, thats irrelevant, but what is relevant is i put a power tilt and trim unit off of another 115 rude on it, and now im unsure how to wire it up. its a two wire unit, blue and green wire, i dont have switch on my control box or transom...
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