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    2001 Johnson 150 carb float level

    When setting the float "level with the gasket surface" per the FSM, is that done with the gasket installed on the carb body, or before installing the gasket?
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    Carburetor adjustment proceedure

    My Factory Service Manual for my 2001 Johnson 150 says that when you adjust the low speed mixture needles, "the engine must be in the water at neutral trim angle, with the correct propeller installed. The boat's movement must be unrestrained". Does anyone know why the boat's movement must be...
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    VRO/OMS pump compatibility question

    Before I visited this forum, I'd never heard of an OMS pump, and had ordered a "4-wire VRO pump" from an online dealer, which was supposed to be for my motor. During a lengthy related thread, I've learned that I should have an OMS pump, P/N 5004558. The pump kit I ordered was P/N 5007420...
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    WARNING!!! To all VRO users

    I've owned my 2001 Johnson 150 since new. Other than the water pump, it hasn't had a screw or bolt turned, and has run perfectly .... until recently. Due to family health problems, it has been used very little over the past 3 years. After a 6-month rest, I ran it. It was dropping a cylinder...
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    Fishfinder/VHF interference

    I get an interference spike thru my VHF every time the Fishfinder transducer fires. It's a center console boat with Raytheon L470 fishfinder, Standard Horizon Intrepid VHF, and 3 ft base loaded Shakespear antenna on top of a 2 ft extension mounted to the highest point of the rail above the...
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    Possum a la derwood?

    Derwood, where's yer manners?<br /><br />Ya can't just shoot a possum and eat it! Such a fine southern delicacy needs to be prepared with love (caution?). You gotta cure 'em before you kill 'em.<br /><br />After ya trap one, keep it in a pen and feed it corn, til it turns yellow under its...
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    Weather prediction

    Let me turn you coastal area guys on to a great website. I use it for surf forcast, as well as accurate, up to the minute conditions that I might encounter when venturing far offshore.<br /><br />Check out www.buoyweather.com.
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    When Daddy let me drive

    In his hit song, "Drive", what motor is Alan Jackson singing about? I'm guessin' it's a 75 hp Johnson that had "electric choke" written somewhere on the cowling, but what year would it be?<br /><br />How many of us out there can relate to that song? And, who remembers when their daddy first...
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    "REFUSED"

    This may not be the proper venue, but in the wake of this week's events I'm gonna do it anyway. The needs of this great country of ours are monstrous. As such, I don't think I could stomach cashing my federal income tax refund check. So, if and when I receive it, I will write "REFUSED" on the...
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    "REFUSED"

    This may not be the proper venue, but in the wake of this week's events I'm gonna do it anyway. The needs of this great country of ours are monstrous. As such, I don't think I could stomach cashing my federal income tax refund check. So, if and when I receive it, I will write "REFUSED" on the...
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    J & E rectifier/regulator question

    Does anyone know if Johnson & Evinrude use a "crowbar" circuit in their rectifier/regulator units. This type system shorts out the unit and destroys it, if the battery is disconnected from the motor while it is running. I can't find any warnings regarding this in any of the manuals. If they...
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