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    1997 Key Largo 102, anybody familiar with these?

    I just picked up this CC. It is bare bones. It seems to have three live wells, or two with a fish holder. The front tank has a port outside the hull on the side about 1". I dont know why i would want water there. I'd also like to find a t top for it, but have no clue where to start. If...
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    Engine flooding out at low speed

    1981 evinrude 35 hp. The motor had a small skip/jook to it as it was running WOT. It would work fine when some one pressed the bulb as this happened. So i cleaned the carbs and put it back on. It still did it. New bulb, lines, changed 3 tanks, still does it. Now not only that, it will...
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    What is this?

    Was trying to get the electic choke working and saw this. I dont know what it does. 1982 35hp evinrude
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    What's this white wire not doing?

    Just got this boat. Looking trough it before I go out too far. I ran it once. Motor seems to run good. What is this white wire suppose to do. It's not hooked up. I think it's a VRO but it has been disconnected.
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    Evinrude year help

    I'm starting to lose my mind. Any help? Evinrude 140. E140TLENS. It's not listed. It can't be a 1920. What am I missing
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    Tilt switch on upper controls won't work

    I got to the landing and tried to tilt up, and the switch corroded completely out. It worked fine the day before. So I happened to have an extra toggle switch, but that didn't work. I stripped the wires back and touched the hot and blue. nothing. Checked the volts, 1.7 VDC. So i went to...
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    More gas problems.

    Got an evinrude 35 hp, 1981 model. The primer bulb won't stay tight at WOT. It is on a stick steer, and when i'm on wot it runs fin e for a little bit than it "jooks" and rund fine again. My buddy in the back of the boat had to keep priming it, and it ran fine when he did. Just asking...
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    Is it just me? Gas lines sucking air

    I've bought 4 brand new johnson gas line connectors, and all 4 of them leak, spit, and suck air like crazy. On mt stick steer boat, i finally just "hardwired" the gas line straight from the tank/bulb/motor. It seems to run fine, without leaking. Now i just put a new hose on my pontoon and...
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    Rigging up small engines

    Is there a kit or something to rig up small 9hp or 6 hp motors for stick steering, controls? I bought a 6 hp johnson and had it set up on my gheenoe for stick steering. I don't know how they did it. Some one stole it last thanksgiving. I still have the controls but they cut the wires at the...
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    General info on a johnson 6 hp

    Looking for some general info on a johnson j6reod. 95-96 year I think. It smokes a lot. I thought I had my gas 50:1 but it's been in there for a while. Just got this motor a few weeks ago. Just got it set up on my gheenoe. It is set up stick steer with a foot control steering. Definitely...
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    Orlando clipper, but what do I have?

    The plates in the back are rubbed off and I can't tell what it says. I do t know the year of it or what model it is. It was registered in fl but I can't find the registration info online any where. I got it on a trade and hope it wasn't stolen. It has a 25 Chrysler 77' motor on it that's...
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    Found this in my carbs..

    Found this gunk in one of my carbs. I'm guess it is deposits from ethanol gas? I just bought this boat a few weeks ago and ran it, it didn't seem to run like it should. Checked everything i could think of before i took the carbs off. Gonna replace my fuel lines and cleaned this crud out...
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    motor will idle fine, when it goes into gear it bogs itself down and cuts off

    I don't know much about boat motors. I have a new to me pontoon boat, 24' with a 112 hp johnson v4 spl 1994, the compression is good on all 4, i took it out for the first time and it idles ok, It was hard to get going. Seems like when i put it into gear and gave it gas it shut off. I...
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    what should my fuel mileage be?

    i've got a 15' skeeter, 1979, 85hp seahorse V4 I took it to the lake yesterday, don't know exactly how far i went. Looking and scaling at a map to the best I could, some where between 12-16 miles round trip, 6 gallon gas tank, i ended up getting back with a burp of gas. i'm thinking 2-3...
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    1969 6HP running problems

    6hp johnson - YouTube this is my 6hp johnson running, my questions are why so much smoke? It seems to run fine in the barrel, but when i get on the water it revs up real high on rpm and shuts off, then acts like it flooded cause it wont crank for a bit. why? black oil leaks out of the...
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    how or where can i find the weight of my motor

    1979 seahorse v4 johnson 85 HP any body know how much this weighs? trying to figure out how much weight i have in the back of my boat
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    porpoising boat, 79 skeeter w/ 85 hp johnson

    this is my first boat and i know nothing about it. i took it out last saturday, took me a bit to figure out how to plane it out. i just gave it all it had, it almost stood straight up and finally came down, the front was up high and kinda scary. then i got it to plane out but it was...
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    1979 85 hp johnson tilt trim problems

    I'm ready to shoot this thing. Just bought this boat last week, everything works but tilt trim. I just replaced the trim motor (3 wire) last night, it picked up and let down 3 or 4 times and drank a quart of tranny fluid. Woke up this morning and I got nothing. Took the motor back off to...
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