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    86 Johnson 90HP, water pump question.

    Well today I decided today was the day to replace the water pump impeller, I got the directions from this forum and it made everything easy, the only thing was as soon as we pulled the lower unit off I saw a 3/4" or so o-ring fall on the ground, I tried to figure out where it came from but am...
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    Need help selecting Pontoon prop.

    I have a 24" pontoon that does not have the original motor, someone replaced it and it came with a standard 3 blade prop. Well the prop is slipping so it's time to replace it with a prop designed for pontoons, I'm not concerned that I get the most dialed in, perfectly matched prop that can be...
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    Prop slipping issue

    Hi all, I have a 1986 Johnson 90HO OB and the last time I had the boat out on the lake the prop appeared to be slipping, engine RPM kept creeping up and the boat speed was creeping down, along with a vibration coming from the motor area, I had to nurse the boat back to the dock. Well I...
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    Need carb drain plug help...

    Today I decided it was time to winterize the boat, the first thing I was going to do was remove the carb bowl drain plugs to get all the gas out, and of course I dropped one of the drain plugs and lost it, I am hoping this is not a big deal and have all winter to order aother one. My question is...
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    Prop slipping question

    I have a 1986 Johnson 90HP Outboard on a 24' Pontoon, this is my first boat so I do not know a whole lot about them but am learning fast. The other day while on the water I decided to open it up to see how fast it would go and a few minutes later the tach started jumping up and down some, you...
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    Need tach hookup advice

    I have a 1986 90HP Johnson with power tilt and trim, it is supposed to have rectifier/regulator #0395391, but instead I noticed it has a round 3 wire style, I want to hookup a tach but because of the rectifier being different I am not sure how to do it as now there is no grey wire attached to...
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    RPM on 96 120 Mercruiser inboard

    I usually hang out on the Johnson forums but I have a friend with a Godfry 24' pontoon that has a 96 115HP inboard v4, at WOT his tach only goes up to about 4500 RPM, does anyone know if that is the recommended RPM at WOT on this engine? I know on my Johnson Outboard you size the prop so the...
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    Diving board on front of pontoon

    Several years ago I saw a pontoon on a lake that had a shorter diving board sticking out of the front, well now that I have bought a used 24' I remember that and was wondering if it would be hard to put one on this boat. Anyone else ever seen it done before, and how hard would it be ? I am...
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    Converting from VRO to premix

    I have a 1986 Johnson 90 OB that has a bad fuel/VRO pump, would like to convert to premix, does anyone know what fuel pump would fit that I could order from iboats?
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    1986 90HP fouled plugs mystery

    I have a 1986 Johnson 90HP outboard, took it out on lake and ran fine almost all day, later it started smelling like gas and running rough and very shortly after that it died and would not start, leaving me stranded on the lake. I pulled the plugs and the two on the right were fine but both...
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