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    1973 Johnson 115 question

    Hi, So I was going along at idle speed in a no wake and the motor all of a sudden bogged down. I thought I had some seaweed on the prop. I shut it down and tilted the motor up to find nothing. I started it again and it still sounded as it did before. I ran it for a little while 1-2 min. and...
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    Re-built Carbs....STILL sneezing...please help!

    Alright.....I have a 1973 Johnson 115. I Was having a problem with it sneezing REALLY bad!! I replaced the spark plugs, re-built the carbs, and re-built the fuel pump. After doing all of this it seemed to help out quite a bit with the "sneezing" It used to do it just idling and low speeds...
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    Carb re-build question 1973 115 hp

    Hi, I am re-building my carbs off of my 1973 Johnson 115. Everything is going smoothly thankfully since this is my first time!! Just a quick question....when I went to take out the slow speed screw plugs they were finger loose all 4 of them. Just wondering if this is some kind of adjustment...
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    Johnson 115 cough at idle

    So I just got my boat back from the local marine service place. I have a 1973 johnson 115. It ran great just started hard so I just wanted someone with experience to go over the whole motor and figure out what was going on. Come to find out the battery was bad so he went ahead and put a new...
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    Lower unit re-build question Johnson 115

    Hi, I am a first time boat owner. I just got done replacing all the seals and water pump in my lower unit. (1973 Johnson 115) Looking back and doing some final reading I noticed the DO NOT intall the seals dry. Well that is what I did of course. Just wondering if it is going to be ok or is...
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