Good day to everyone,
I have a question for all of you. I just bought a 70 horsepower model# J70ELCTE Johnson outboard yesterday for $700.00. I mounted it on my Lowes 20 foot pontoon boat and I did a great job I think after replacing the rotten wooden tansom wood piece that the motor connects to. Had about 4 guys in the neighborhood help me lift it out the back of my pickup truck and place it on the back of the pontoon boat and bolted her on snuugly. Anyway, to make a long story short I hooked all of the cables up and electrical wires up and cranked her over she seems to be running at 2,500 rpms until I go back to the engine and manually move the main throttlle plate that pushes on the roller for the three carbs back with my finger and she will idle down to about 1100 or 1200 rpms. I have adjusted the trunion nut on the throttle cable but am maxed out to shorten the cable to pull the throttle linkage back to get the motor to idle right. Basically what I did is use the remote control that was already in my pontoon boat that operated the 25 horsepower Johnson that was previously on it to operate the 70 horsepower and it did come with the remote with cables and wiring and I have that sitting in my garage floor. How can I fix this idle issue? Should I remove the throttle riding linkages and clean them up and see if there kinda binding up or what do you think? It seems to crank very easily and run great if I can get that idle to idle on its own without me having to manually get the idle down on her.
I have a question for all of you. I just bought a 70 horsepower model# J70ELCTE Johnson outboard yesterday for $700.00. I mounted it on my Lowes 20 foot pontoon boat and I did a great job I think after replacing the rotten wooden tansom wood piece that the motor connects to. Had about 4 guys in the neighborhood help me lift it out the back of my pickup truck and place it on the back of the pontoon boat and bolted her on snuugly. Anyway, to make a long story short I hooked all of the cables up and electrical wires up and cranked her over she seems to be running at 2,500 rpms until I go back to the engine and manually move the main throttlle plate that pushes on the roller for the three carbs back with my finger and she will idle down to about 1100 or 1200 rpms. I have adjusted the trunion nut on the throttle cable but am maxed out to shorten the cable to pull the throttle linkage back to get the motor to idle right. Basically what I did is use the remote control that was already in my pontoon boat that operated the 25 horsepower Johnson that was previously on it to operate the 70 horsepower and it did come with the remote with cables and wiring and I have that sitting in my garage floor. How can I fix this idle issue? Should I remove the throttle riding linkages and clean them up and see if there kinda binding up or what do you think? It seems to crank very easily and run great if I can get that idle to idle on its own without me having to manually get the idle down on her.