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    1984 Force 85 hp. Not running great.

    Want to start off and say, this forum has SOOOO much info. I just bought this motor about 2 weeks ago. Motor just isn't running the greatest. First the motor would die when I shifted into gear. So I read that I just turn the idle up and that seemed to solve that. After fishing all weekend and...
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    Super Sea Horse 40. 1960 motor, not sure how to make adjustents

    Hello all. I am the proud owner of a 1960 super sea horse. This thing is a monster motor, but I don't know everything about this thing. I took it out today and it did all right. I got to about 19 mph on GPS. The prop was wrapped in sea weed, which I didn't know till the end of my trip. and it...
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    Rebuilding 40hp Johnson Super Seahorse RDS-22. Need help

    Revised: I got her started yesterday. Was running great for about 3-5 min in a bucket of water. Went to throttle her up and it died... Come to find out after removing the flywheel again that the key way was sheered. Were going to replace the key way and see what happens. Not sure what...
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    1960 Johnson Super Sea Horse 40hp. Hasn't ran in a few years... Many Q's!

    I just got this boat home and Now im looking at restoring it for a fishing boat. The motor is very clean surprisingly enough. I know I have to replace fuel lines and the electrical lines to the starter because they are dry rotted to **** and think something may blow if I try using them. My...
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    New to boating, Have some questions on some of the controls

    I just bought a 1976 Johnson Seahorse 35hp. There are somethings im not sure what they do. It starts great but, it runs funny. it idles and every few seconds it seems to miss, not sure how to explain it, If I give it gas it runs just fine, I had it on the river yesterday and it seems to run...
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    Got her going!!! Question about a breaded steel line coming out head

    On my 1976 Johnson Seahorse 35hp, there is this breaded steel line that is connected through a fitting that is located just above the spark plugs right on the head. It goes from there out through the bottom part of the lower shell. While we had it running it was blowing air out this. What...
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    Just bought a 76 35 Hp Johnson. Need some help

    Got this motor for a really good deal but can't get it running. Im on the johnson outboard motor online store and found a Carb repair kit, but I don't know all thats included. Im looking for the float, maybe new jets those sorts of things so I can freshen up the motor. Any help be great. BTW its...
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