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    Exhaust leaking?

    Hello, Think I have an internal leak in the exhauston my 20HP Johnson 1991. Enigin runs good but sounds rough (loud) and exhaust fumes are coming from two holes in the front of the centre section (see photograph) Assume this is a gastket between the lower section (gear housing) and the exhaust...
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    Johnson 20 hp kill switch issue

    Re: Johnson 20 hp kill switch issue Daviet, Number should be ok, the outboard is manufactured in Belgium and is a rope started 20 HP 1991 B = Belgium J = Johnson 20 = 20HP BF = Belgium derated rope start L = 20" long EI = (19)91 The plan is to split the black and yellow and insert an...
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    Johnson 20 hp kill switch issue

    Have some problems with kill switch not working (Help ). I pulled the fly wheel to have a look at the ignition (see picture) I have found a number of wires, Running to the black coil: - Brown - Black with Yellow stripe - Black - Brown with green stripe - Brown with blue stripe Running to...
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    20HP Johnson 1991 Kill switch does not "kill"

    Re: 20HP Johnson 1991 Kill switch does not "kill" The kill switch issue, there is an obvious ground hook up at the right (see photograph) The other wire is hooked up to what could be a yellow/black wire (third from the left) but the markings have weathered so I am not 100% sure it is in fact...
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    20HP Johnson 1991 Kill switch does not "kill"

    Re: 20HP Johnson 1991 Kill switch does not "kill" Just ordered a repair manual, in the mean time I made some pictures about the "holes" I was refering to. As you can see there are signs of fumes/oil. Question is, is this normal ? Thanks
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    20HP Johnson 1991 Kill switch does not "kill"

    Hello, Kill switch on my 1991 Johnson 20HP does not seem to work, tried to short black/yellow wire to ground directly (by passing push button) but nothing happens. Second (possible) issue, exhaust fumes and minor traces of oil are comming from two holes at the front of the tail (about 20 cm...
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