Still need help !

I just bought a 15' boat and it has a 70HP Johnson, and the ONLY way I can get it to take throttle and get it to plain out is to operate it from the throttle linkage at the carbs. I can use the fast idle lever on the controls and it starts and idles fine. I don't won't to put thoughts in any ones head but the only thing I can tell thats different about operating the throttle at the carbs. than at the controls is something to do with advancing the timing. Once I get it plained out and the throttle control operating the carbs. and not me, it runs all over the lake like nothings wrong. If you just try and accelerate it from the controls it just immediately bogs down right off idle.

Thanks, JRP:

Re: Still need help !

so with not using the remote eng control you can use the carb linkage to acc, then you can use the remote if you keep the rpms relatively high?

can you back off throttle enough to come off plane and still use the remote to rev back up, or do you have to stay on plane?

also what year motor?

i bet thats not easy reaching back to operate the carbs and steer!

Re: Still need help !

You need help in posting, JRP.

http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=250879

Re: Still need help !

David R.

It's pretty tuff but I have long arms. No just kidding, I have my wife operate the remote controls and steer till we get going.

Yes, that's correct and I can continue to use the remote controls to speed up and slow down as long as I don't return to the idle possition.

It's a 1976 motor

Thank you David for visiting with me about this! JRP