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  1. sred137

    What's the difference?

    QL77JC4 L77JC4 My manual says that I can use either or for my 1985 140hp johnson gapped at .04.Just wondering what the difference is? Thanks Shawn
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    1985 johnson 140

    Well I was changing the t-stats on my motor and on one side I broke off all four T-stat cover bolts.Kind of odd that on one side all four bolts came out fine.But anywayz I decided to take the head off and take it to work and machine the old bolts out and install helicoils(I'm a machinist). (The...
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    1985 140 V4

    Johnson Looper.I'm looking to change the thermostats and am having a hard time finding the correct parts. this link shows the propper diaphram. http://www.marineengine.com/parts/part_details.php?pnum=SIE18-1222&ptype=&Engine=&Model= this is what the thermostats looks like that came off of my...
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    Stupid question

    I have a 1985 johnson with 4 individual carbs.The cheapest I could find a carb kit was @ 15.00.Is this price for all the carbs or am I paying over 60 dollars to rebuild my carbs? Just asking because it seems pricey and I don't want to get more than I need. Thanks for the help Shawn
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    1972 starcraft holiday

    This is the boat that I bought off of ebay for 900.00 dollars without much expectation.I was told that the boat was solid and that the seller was not sure if the motor runs and that he thought the fuel cell leaked.So I clicked buy it now!Then it was off to michigan to retrieve the boat that I...
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    1985? cross flow or looper

    My question is I have a 140 hp v4.Should this motor have the year of the motor in the serial number? The title says the motor is a 1985.This I think is a cross flow motor but the manual says that the cross flow motors have the thermostats in the exhaust housing.If the thermostat is in the their...
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    1985 johnon v4 140

    I've narrowed my problem of my motor bogging and sputtering to a bad VRO. I'm sure this has been asked before but I can't seem to locate it. I would like to change out my existing vro with a regular premix fuel pump. 1st can this be done by simply unbolting the vro and bolting up the new fuel...
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    1985 johnson 140hp V4

    The motor starts fine.Then when getting up on plane sputters for a second then seems to clean itself out and run smooth as can be.At idle it seems to be loading up and begin to stall if I don't put it in neutral and rev it up.When I rev it up it smokes like crazy.I did some searching and found...
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