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    1969 40 HP Johnson - Engine Siezed after winter storage

    Pulled my boat out of storage after winter. I tried to give it a test run today and now I cant pull the starter chord. The engine is seized up. Does anybody have a solution for this? Is the engine toasted?
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    Re-Wiring Help, fuse panels

    Alright, I am not really good at electrical stuff so I need some help and I am doing a bunch of research. I have a 12V battery in a aluminum boat. The engine is old so, the battery will have to be periodically charged. I am looking into wiring the accessories. The immediate concerns are the...
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    1969 40 HP Johnson Outboard - Adjusting the Carb Float/Needle Seat

    I replaced the float and seat and needle, but seems like I need another 2 mm to have the needle seat against the brass fitting when the float is horizontal. Does anyone bend the float shaft a hair to make the float needle seat properly? the engines seems to be flooding.
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    1969 Johnson Outboard - needle and seat

    is there a good way to tweak the needle at the carb float so it is properly seated? It seems like when the float is horizontal, the needle is still not all the way in. This is why I am flooding the engine.
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    1969 Johnson 40HP - Engine is Flooding

    okay, the engine is flooding. Runs great when I let the fuel poor out the bottom of the carb bowl, runs bad when I carb bowl nut back in. I replaced the carb float and fuel pump. It still seems to flood. Could I have a faulty fuel pump? Bad diafram? It doesnt seem like the needle goes bad...
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    1969 Johnson 40 HP - Funky Carb Problem Again!

    The carb seems to be feeding the engine too much fuel. When take the bolt on the bottom of the carb out, fuel leaks out but the engine runs great. I replaced the float, and its still happening. Could it be the needle valve? Do you have to adjust these? What is going on?
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    Battery quick disconnect?

    Hi, I have an old aluminum starcraft and it has a battery to run the horn, lights and pump. Currently the positive and negative terminals of the battery are wired to everything without any clips or plugs. They are basically twisted on each other by hand. Is there a better why to do this so I...
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    1969 Johnson 40 HP - Float Replacement

    I am replacing the float in the carb. Is there anything I need other than just the float? I just ordered one on this site.
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    1969 Johnson 40 HP - Funky Carb Problem

    The motor seems to be getting too much gas. When I started the engine, it seemed to be running rich so I took out the bolt and packing on the very bottom of the carb. When I did this, gas was continously pooring out of the bottom of the carb, but It ran great with plenty of power. When I...
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    1969 Johnson 40 HP - Reed valves?

    Engine runs great, just came out of the shop. But when I have it full throttle it takes longer to get to full speed. A few waves and bumps and the engines revs a little a time. Good this be reed valves? If so, where are they?
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    1969 Johnson 40 HP

    This engine appears to only have on adjustable slow speed needle. Is this correct? Is there a high speed that can be adjusted?
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    1969 40 HP Johnson - Slow to accelerate

    I just test ran this thing on the lake after its been in the shop for three weeks. Compression test was good, good spark, rebuilt carb, new fuel pump, spark plugs. It ran real good, and sounded real good, the only thing is it is slow to accelerate. It takes a good 2 minutes sometimes for it...
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    1969 40 HP Johnson

    Alright, this thing has been with the mechanic for two and half weeks and counting. I called today at 2:30 pm when they close at 7 pm to find out what the status is. The guy said that the mechanic was "working" on it. How long does it take to troubleshoot this engine if you are an experienced...
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    1969 40 HP Johnson Erratic Idle/Rev.

    Having some issues. When I finally get it started it idles rough. When I try to rev up the engine there 5-6 second delay when it goes from the rough idle to a higher RPM and then it eventually stalls out. I recently replaced the fuel pump. Any suggestions? The condensors, points and spark...
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    1969 Johnson 40 HP - Flywheel installation

    What is the easiest way to get 100 FT-LBS on the flywheel nut???? Chain wrench around the center piece of wheel?
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    1969 Johnson Electric Start

    I am looking into converting to an electric start. Most of the electric starters I have been seeing have teeth. My flywheel does not have any teeth, its smooth. Do I have to change my flywheel inorder to consider this?
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    1969 40 HP Johnson

    Hey, I was having trouble starting this when it was hot. I got the flywheel off to prepare for a tune up and everything looks really clean. It looks like the entire system is in good shape and all the components look very new. Does anybody have any pictures or discription of what a bad coil...
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    Grease Fittings for Bearings

    Hey, I am new to trailer maintenance and my one of my bearing caps fell off and new I am hearing some serious squeeling. Where are the grease fittings? are they behind the tire near the shaft? Anybody have any pictures?
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    1969 40HP Johnson Outboard

    Engine does not want to start when it's a little hot. I put new gas in it, new fuel pump and there are farely new spark plugs. I also cleaned the carberator. When it was cold it ran fine and ran it for about 5 minutes and cut the engine. 10 minutes later it ran fine again. On the third...
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    Fuel Ball hard before start

    My fuel ball is hard before start. Is there something stuck in the tubing? Any suggestions? It should progressivly get hard when I pump fuel into the engine. I also have been cracking the gas can so I dont think its back pressure
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