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I'm new here so I'd like to say hello to everyone.
I'll try to make this as short as possible.
This 1975 Johnson Seahorse 6 was given to me by my wife's grandparents. It's in very good condition and a low hour unit.
It hasn't ran for a number of years so I bought a few OEM parts, which include a carb kit, points/condenser, and impeller kit.
Before I did any thing to the engine I put it in water and started it up. It started good and revved good but would not idle so I pulled to carb off to rebuilt it.
First thing I noticed was the end of the slow speed needle was all buggered up (grumbling at this point because I could only imagine what the mating surface in the carb body looks like). I pop the welch plug out of the top of the carb and sure enough some knuckle dragger has been in there causing damage. The mating surface is also rough and ugly.
I looked and both the whole carb assembly and carb body are NLA.
With that said is there anyway to fix this carb so that it runs like new again.
Here's a few pictures.
I'll try to make this as short as possible.
This 1975 Johnson Seahorse 6 was given to me by my wife's grandparents. It's in very good condition and a low hour unit.
It hasn't ran for a number of years so I bought a few OEM parts, which include a carb kit, points/condenser, and impeller kit.
Before I did any thing to the engine I put it in water and started it up. It started good and revved good but would not idle so I pulled to carb off to rebuilt it.
First thing I noticed was the end of the slow speed needle was all buggered up (grumbling at this point because I could only imagine what the mating surface in the carb body looks like). I pop the welch plug out of the top of the carb and sure enough some knuckle dragger has been in there causing damage. The mating surface is also rough and ugly.
I looked and both the whole carb assembly and carb body are NLA.
With that said is there anyway to fix this carb so that it runs like new again.
Here's a few pictures.
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