I recently purchased a 1983 cheetah with a 115 evinrude. I took it out to make sure it would float before I redo the floor and carpeting. There's a 2 x 2 hole in the floor now needing replaced. After about an hour on the lake the entire bilge drain was flooded with water and about 10 inches high...
I seem to have an air or gas hose running from the right side of the engine (looking back to front of boat) from a small circular power source of some sort. I also have a duct or plug in valve which sets on the block, under the carb and under the starter mounting bracket. This valve I noticed a...
My 1968 electric shift 40 horse johnson will only get my boat up to about 12 mph. I ran it in auto choke all day without thinking to try it with choke off. could that be my issue?
I have a 1968 40hp johnson. Rebuilt the carb and now it runs great! How eber, Prop spins well in forward and reverse when hooked to the hose but I took it to the lake for its first test run last night and boom.. high revs with 0 movement. I was making some waves behind the boat seemingly...
I recently purchased a 1972 johnson 50hp 2 cylinder out board. After reading endless forums and a few light test I decided to replace the power pack. I now have an issue of when I completely bolt and ground the power pack, I get 0 fire. How ever, if I scrape the ground wire it fires every time...
