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    battery stil good ???

    all my electricity gobblers are fed/split from my main instrument switch which also turns on my console side marker LED reminder. my key was found in the OFF ... only the engine key On could have drained the battery and I will check this first chance I get . All I care e about now is...
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    battery stil good ???

    something happenned...my instrument (tach. pumps nav lights) main key was off. I even installed a bright red marker on the console side in case I do forget the main instrument switch . Batt was so dead it did not even turn on that side marker LED when I switched the main key on. I am in...
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    battery stil good ???

    found my 850 starting battery totally dead. don't know why but it was dead solid in the boat. I left it on the charger at the cottage while in town but wondering if it is now unuseable or trustworthy ? even if will show fully charged again
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    1996 Johnson 50 Not starting

    any chance it was mounted off-set on the mounting holes ???
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    1968 3hp Johnson

    could be just bad capacitors adjust cam and cam follower to specs ..check coils for cracks don't assume the other guy did change them ... clean the points measure both HV coil ohms.......... from boots to frame should be 4-8 Kohms
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    1996 Johnson 50 Not starting

    backtrack... is this a new to you engine ?? did it ever run good ?
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    Need your opinion about replacing the original Reed Valves in my 1986 Evinrude 30 hp.

    Seafoam gets good and bad comments all the time. Personnaly i don't abuse it but it certainly cleared up surging on my snowblower :)
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    picked up some little 60s/70s Johnson/Evinrude 3 and 4hp short shafts

    not much to service other than GC oil carb jobs if needed simple non-shifting engines. some pulll starter recoils are tricky and magnetos are easy to fix up and you should pull all 3 FW to inspect for cracked coils, replace possibly bad condensers and clean up/or replace the points...
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    picked up some little 60s/70s Johnson/Evinrude 3 and 4hp short shafts

    yes weedless... all great kickers easy to maintain well covered in the Johnson service manual ! great find !!
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    Engine part ID

    yes old style coils and all... if never done coils could be totally cracked up to !! since this is the old magneto style you may want to download this book which covers all maintenance aspects for these oldys. the book won't cover you exact 1971model but will supply all needed info...
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    Engine part ID

    you may want to pull that rubber connector apart and check for corrosion clean all contacts .... lubricate with light oil spray. clean all battery posts and connections charge up the battery
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    Evinrude 35hp Lark Solenoid won't kick

    part 2 ...
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    5$ grease gun

    these Dollar store seringe make good grease guns for touch ups and hard to reach places. just file the tip square and done !
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    Evinrude 35hp Lark Solenoid won't kick

    the mercury switch is just a glob of floating mercury in a bottle which closes 2 contacts to let the ground pass to operate the solenoid if... the engine is not tilted up or in gear on diff. engines mdl. just short the 2 wires (if 2 wires) as a qwick test or measure the ground ohms...
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    Evinrude 35hp Lark Solenoid won't kick

    mdl#| year ? see diag. from max-rules.com 35hp solenoid MUST be grounded via the mercury switch and cut out switch.. B+ must reach the solenoid control post to kick in ... just follow the wires with a VOM test solenoid coil ohms between small control porst and grd post...
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    1999 Johnson 150 acting up

    best not to revive old 15 year old posts.....start a new one
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    1986 Johnson 6.5hp Questions

    pin prick the wires to test if need be and you have no access .. .reseal with liquid tape
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    Scraped bottom

    I have seen and had..... a lot worse. file the prop equally as possible and use it as a spare . you need two anyway and a wrench in the tool box check for any new.. stange vibrations if none you are probably OK always keep unlocked cruising...... locked up for travel...
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    1986 Johnson 6.5hp Questions

    lots of utubes on the subject of voltage testting and voltage drops.
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    1961 Johnson RDSL23 CAM ROLLER ADJUSTMENT WHEN THE THROTTLE SHAFT JUST BEGINS TO MOVE

    loosen the cam bolts ... the correct procedure to aligning the roller on the cam at the point where the throttle plate just begins to move
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