DawnPatrol
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- May 27, 2002
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Dear Experts,<br /><br />I have a Johnson 70hp outboard, not sure of the year. Model # J70TLCCA. It's been running great as of late. I took it out a couple of days ago, and it started up on first crank and idled fine for about 10 minutes before I tried to leave the dock. When I put it in gear it staled out. It restarted fine, but staled each time I tried to put it in gear. In neutral it runs fine, can rev it up and it sounds great. I changed the spark plugs thinking they could be fouled out and I tried running it again. This time it would run in gear, but barely. At wide open it was barely pushing the boat. It still started up on first crank, idled perfect, and it worked in reverse too. But when in gear it will barely move forward, about less than trolling speed. It has new plugs, and the gas was filled new that day. I really don't know what it could be other than it just didn't feel like going fishing that day. I took it out the week before and it ran perfect for 20 miles in the bay and gulf. If anyone can help please let me know your thoughts. Thanks ~ J