Recent content by johnson89

  1. J

    1993 Yamaha 6 hp

    Not my motor but a friend, motor starts on 1 pull and when you put it in gear and start to give it gas it bogs down. Getting way too much fuel, have it set up so I can see in the carburator, if you disconnect the fuel line and just before running out of fuel it goes full speed. The carb. Has...
  2. J

    what size fuel line fit choke 1989 90 hp johnson

    need to replace my very small fuel line ,looks like 1/16 inside diam. looked all over the internet and can't find anything that small except weed eater line and its plastic. Not sure if this would be safe to used being next to the engine block.I want to replace all the small lines on the...
  3. J

    looking for 1.25" motorguide shaft

    working on a project and need to find about a 20 " piece of motorguide shaft with good threads on motor end, the rest of the shaft can be bent,broke don't care.. Ive look all over craigslist,ebay trying to find a something, Not wanting to spend 50.00 on a new part that I will be cutting...
  4. J

    vari max series trolling motor

    is the main motor housing aluminum or steel, the part that the shaft screws into is the section that I need to know, I'm sure the ends are aluminum... thanks for any help Saltwater series if that makes a difference
  5. J

    trolling motor magnets

    very old motorguide 12 24 making a strange noise and when I open it up 2 magnets came out,,,, 2 stayed in..... is this thing a 2 pole or a 4 pole motor..I'm going to epoxy them back in but not sure after a closer look..... I thought magnets were N -S-N-S....... but the 2 magnets that are...
  6. J

    motorguide wire colors this is a ft. control 12/24 41lb. brute

    I put my 12/14 volt motor back together and would like to test before mounting back on shaft and running wires back up thru shaft.......I have 4 wires,,,(red + ) (black-) and blue and yellow,,,what are the blue and yellow,I would like to put power to this motor before I go any farther and not...
  7. J

    replacing prop shaft seal motorguide 743 series

    I am in the process of building a trolling from 2 trolling motors.....the 12 /24 volt has busted brushes and the plate they mount on, the other one is 12 volts, magnets are all busted....putting the brush housing from the 12 onto the 24 volt main housing,it all fits good,but before I put it all...
  8. J

    replacing voltage regulator

    my old volt regulator has 2 yellow wire 1 with a stripe,the new cdi regulator has 2 yellow wires but 1 is shorter than the other no stripes....J90tlcem......I got it all mounted but not sure what 2 do with the yellow wires?......the stator wires 1 yellow and 1 yellow with stripe
  9. J

    tach problem or something else

    J90tlcem 1989 90 Johnson.....coming across the lake today the tach quit working,voltage on gauge still read 14...get home put it on hose and battery reads 12.59,start motor up and goes to 13.45 at idle(850) RPM....I had this happen a few times last year,but within 5 min.s the tach would start...
  10. J

    made it to 10 hour break in after my rebuild.1989 90 hp johnson

    motor is running excellent....118-122 comp. on all cyl.....temp. at idle is 124-129.....seems to run a little cool at idle,above fast idle it is 88-95....slowly going back to 50-1 on oil....had motor up to 5400 rpm...2 people, 15 gal. gas..boat fully loaded for fishing....16ft bassboat.....is...
  11. J

    1st trip with new rebuild 90 johnson

    ran motor across lake and kept it 2000 and less for 1st 10 min.s then moved it up to 2500 for the next 10 min.s..... shut motor off and fished for a few hours...motor started 1 st try...moved the rpm too 2800-3200 to put boat on plane and drove about 15 min.s.....at idle the temp of heads is...
  12. J

    90 hp rebuild complete

    my first rebuild...I set the timing using the joe reeves method in secret file...I mixed up my gas at 25-1....3rd crank and the motor fired up and sounds great,I let it run for about 15 min. at 1000-2500 rpm.....motor never skipped a beat and sounded great the whole time...I want have time to...
  13. J

    rebuilding 90 hp

    slowing getting there....now I am stuck trying to pick motor up to put back on boat...block is to heavy for me...have no place for a strap,so trying to find a second set of hands...then its electrical stuff,carbs. etc.to finish up....glad I took lots of pics,wish I had took a few more thou
  14. J

    starting my 90 hp rebuild...caged bearing

    how do I replace the bearing in the cage,do they knock out from the inside out or other way around.....don't want to damage the cage....got the piston side done..i loaded pic but they keep disappearing
  15. J

    rebuild 90

    all of the rubber diverter look great....took apart all of the carbs. and every jet was clean,the carb.s were spotless.....still looking for a reason....the water pump had a steady stream
See more
Top