I just upgraded my trolling motor to a 1979 Sea Horse 6 HP. 6R79E, it worked great for a few minutes at low speed then died. The ball was soft, after squeezing it fired right up again, I was able to troll by having someone squeeze the ball every 5 minutes...
So I rebuilt the fuel pump, and...
Here is the short story, bought a 1970 Seaswirl Ranger 4 years ago, has a 1977 Johnson 55HP Sea-King 55EL77D motor.
It has always run and started, but would sometimes die upon going into gear, and didn't like to idle in gear it would jump around a and die often. I did the usual compression...
Great Forum,
I just joined trying to figure out some problems with my 77 55hp johnson, Everyone kept saying "Get the service manual".
I logged into AKO (Army Knowledge Online) and in the self-service / my library section you have access to Ebsco Host. I just printed the factory service...
