1969 Johnson 115 Hydro Electric Shift. Motor has not been run in 5 years. Replaced faulty power pack. Rebuilt all the carbs. New oem fuel pump. New distributor cap. New fuel lines. New spark plugs and wires. Motor will start and idle okay, a little rough, with the low speed jets set at the factory setting. When initially started up after all the above listed parts being installed, it would start in neutral and shift into reverse fine. If you tried to shift to forward it would shut off before even trying to shift. At that time found the primer bulb was bad. Installed a new primer bulb and hose assembly. Tried the motor once with the new primer bulb and hose from tank to engine and it would then start fine and shift into both forward and reverse. I do not know if that was unrelated and just by luck. I let it sit for about a month and then went to adjust the carbs and I am now having the same problem. Motor will idle(not the smoothest) and shift to reverse fine. However if you try to even move the control a 1/16" of an inch into forward it dies instantly. I tried disconnecting the two wires to the hydro electric shift, as that should force the engine to be in forward. Tried to start it that way, with the controls in neutral and it would run and turn the prop in forward until I let the key off the start position and instantly die with the key in the run position.
Any ideas? Thank you.
Any ideas? Thank you.