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    '69 johnson hydro electric shift V4

    Mine is a Belgium motor, the propshaft is considerably longer than the American propshaft. Maybe a possible difference. He showed me the old bushing he pulled out. I will see if I still got a picture of it. Anyway, many thanks for your input!
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    '69 johnson hydro electric shift V4

    there is a bronze bushing in n° 24 that rides on n° 23.? Or is that gear floating and held in place by the two bearings on either siden°20 and no°71? Therefor not really needing the bushing inside. Because it has one and and had been noticeably riding on the original propshaft aswell as the donor.
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    '69 johnson hydro electric shift V4

    thank you, I will give that a go. I had someone redo two gear sets for me. He replaced the bushings in the forward and reverse gears so they didn't have so much play on the axle. A before:
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    '69 johnson hydro electric shift V4

    It is simple to take apart and works very well for the forward and neutral. Also very dummy proof to use. ( not possible to grind gears). Is the yellow marked part the shift piston bore? Reverse still works out of the water. the moment it sees a load from the prop, it doesn't like it...
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    '69 johnson hydro electric shift V4

    Hello everyone, I have a 1969 Johnson V4 with 115hp. It has the hydro electric shift. The engine runs great and has all the power to propel my boat forward. The gearbox doesn't like reserve though. It keeps stripping the gear selector teeth. I replaced the axle and gears twice, got new...
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    1969 Johson 115hp hydro electric shift

    The previous owner never had this problem when using regular gearcase oil. What this be a sign for a worn pump?
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    1969 Johson 115hp hydro electric shift

    Compression is 135psi on all 4. Sparkplugs have been replaced previous season with low hours on them since. The previous owner had a shop preform a oil change annd the but in the wrong oil. I changed to the correct oil for the electro-hydro system. I will take it apart this evening and...
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    1969 Johson 115hp hydro electric shift

    Hello, I am new here. I have a problem with my 1969 Johnson V4 outboard motor. It has hydro electric shift. When the motor is out of the water it shifts fine in forward, neutral reverse. But once the engine is in the water it does not want to go in reverse. Any idea what it could be? worn...
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