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    1978 35HP Johnson starter motor removal?

    Hi... Well I fixed one issue but another pops up. I still cannot get the motor to crank at any decent speed without pulling the plugs. So I wanted to take a close look at my starter motor and when I pulled the spark arrester off, I noticed that the electric choke was barely moving the...
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    Johnson 35HP ('78) No spark on top cylinder

    I had a cranking issue that is now mostly fixed. Well now I got a different problem. My top cylinder suddenly has no spark. I swapped the coils and the problem did not follow the coil. In the process of re-routing the starter cableing, I pulled on the harness that goes to the ignition. Is...
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    intermitent eratic cranking behavior

    Hi: I have a strange problem on my 1978 Johnson 35HP. The boat sometime will not crank well. Almost like a dead battery except for two things. Battery is fully charged and sometimes happens even when I use the jump function on my charger (60 Amp). It also will crank poorly one time and a...
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    johnson 35 hp fuel system problem

    Hello: I have a 1978 Johnson 35HP. Last night it would not start. The prime ball would not get hard nor could I hear it pumping fuel through it. Eventually, I pulled the fuel filter off the fuel pump and pumped the ball. Then I could pump a little gas up to the filter. When I re-installed...
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    1978 Johnson 35HP suddenly starts hard

    Hi: I have a Johnson 35HP that suddenly starts hard. When I first bought the motor, it would not run on both cylinders until it warmed up, but once it warmed up it ran like mad. To get it to warm up I ran it at the maximum (as set by the stops) throttle in nuetral. Yesterday evening, it...
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    Steering Trolling motor with main steering wheel?

    Hello: I have an older boat with a 35HP Johnson on it. I would like to use the steering wheel to control BOTH the Johnson and a spare tiller controlled trolling motor that I just happen to have laying around. Is it do-able? How? The steering on the motor is the standard push rod type not the...
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    Smallmouth vs. Largemouth Bass

    I have recently started catching river-run smallmouth bass (I think they are anyway). How can I tell the difference between smallmouths and largemouths? Thanks, Terry
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    floor/foam replacement

    Hello: I have 1978 Tom-boy 14 foot fiberglass boat. (model S5W) The bilge has two inlet tubes that come from between the floor and the bottom of the boat. One of the tubes is damaged and as a result, it feed water from the bilge directly onto the floatation foam. It is VERY heavy as a result...
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    HELP! waterlogged '78 Tom-boy S5W boat

    Hello: Just before Father's day, I purchased a 1978 Tom-boy S5W (14ft). It has appeared to be a little on the heavy side, but I just assumed that it was old heavy fiberglass. The last time I launched it it was really sitting low on the starboard (right) aft (rear). It appears that the foam...
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    Johnson 35HP 1978 lower unit seals

    Hello: I have a 1978 Johnson 35HP with water in the lower grease. How difficult is it to replace the seals? I strongly suspect that my problem began with finding rocks on the riverbed the hard way:(. (damaged prop blades and spun hub). Thanks.
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