Hi all,I just joined,but I have been lurking,and learning.Great forum by the way. So here's the scoot...A friend of mine gave me a 15r75c Johnson.It was in pretty good shape cosmeticly, and free, so I didn't mind dumping some dough into it.The spark coils were rusty and swollen,so I replaced them,along with new points, plugs, and impeller.She's got good fire now,and compression is approx.100# in each jug.She runs good, but she just dosn't want to idle very well.So I'm thinking my next step is fuel.This motor hadn't seen water for atleast 10 years. I bought a kit to rebuild the carb, which I havn't installed yet. So here's my question.....is there any way to get the carb off without removing the recoil starter?Any tricks?That recoil unit intimidates the bejezus out of me,and I don't want to remove it unless I absolutly have to.I've had the flywheel off before,but it looks like that will still not give me enough room to get the carb off.Thanks for any help.