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I am replacing the internals of the fuel pump on my '78 and took the part numbers from the engine and diagram on marine engine. Ordered the Sierra rebuild kit for this year's pump and started tearing down the old one when I ran into an issue.
The old pump has 2 reeds instead of check valves in...
Hi all,
Took the boat of for the first time today after rebuilding the carburetors and setting the idle in the driveway. Got it out on the lake and it started up with the fast idle but always has a chug to it, not quite a misfire all the time but sometimes a complete misfire will occur.
Got it...
I have a Johnson 55 HP (55ESL69A) and I am redoing all of the lower unit seals. The unit runs well enough but there was water in the lower unit oil so i decided to learn a bit about the engine and replace all the seals. I have replaced all of the oil seals and was working on replacing the gasket...
