81 johnson seahorse 90 hp battery issue?

sbdolphin44

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does my johnson need a battery to run? i manually pull started the beast and it ran for about a quarter mile and shut off i did this several times, i noticed the cylenoid by the starter was busted, and i had to pump the fuel bulb to keep it runnin which told me fuel pump.... so aggervating she is a great motor just some thing minor keepin me out of the water i love so much, fuel pump is relativley easy to change as well as cylenoid but dong have the money to guess and check, any info would be greatly appreciated thanx, steve
 

Barnacle_Bill

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Re: 81 johnson seahorse 90 hp battery issue?

If you have been running it without a battery you are going to need a new rectifier too.
 

Fed

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Re: 81 johnson seahorse 90 hp battery issue?

If you have been running it without a battery you are going to need a new rectifier too.
Why is that bhile, I hear it all the time but it just doesn't make sense to me?
 

boobie

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Re: 81 johnson seahorse 90 hp battery issue?

If you run a charging system with no battery the voltage has no place to go that the charge system builds and will fry it's components.
 

Fed

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Re: 81 johnson seahorse 90 hp battery issue?

That doesn't do it for me boobie but we better not highjack dolphins thread.
 

sbdolphin44

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Re: 81 johnson seahorse 90 hp battery issue?

I just replaced a power pack after switching sides and found spark replaced it with a new one and no spark on left side pulled both plugs and nothing help please i was going to fish a tournament please help guys
 

sbdolphin44

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Re: 81 johnson seahorse 90 hp battery issue?

ok rediagnosis, ..... i pulled plug on the bottom of both sides and it died, onlly bottom side of v 4 is running after replacing power pack...... what the f... is going on there i dont get it
 
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