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    Power Pack output test

    Good evening friends,<br /><br />I posted a while back thinking i may have dropped a cylinder in my '88 40hp johnson; after checking the compression (120-115) im continuing the search for my problem. Went out one day with the engine running rough at WOT, and on the final decsent home (not very...
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    Could I have dropped a cylinder?

    HEY FELLAS,<br /><br />I HAVE A 1988 40HP JOHNSON THAT UP UNTIL THIS WEEKEND HAS RUN GREAT; TOOK IT OUT SATURDAY AND SHE RAN PERFECT, BUT THEN TOOK HER OUT AGAIN SUNDAY AND SHE RAN REALLY FUNNY. STARTED RIGHT UP ON SUNDAY BUT THEN WHEN I WENT TO GET UP ON PLANE SHE WAS VERY SLUGGISH AND SEEMED...
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    waxing

    Morning fellas,<br /><br />I am planning on stripping my '88 15' sailfish cc of all its hardware and refininshing/waxing it this weekend. I have purchased some rubbing compound/wax all-in-one formula made by 3M which I plan to apply with an electric buffer at about 2500 RPM. I was wondering if...
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    Adding front deck

    How bout it guys,<br /><br />I have a '88 15' Sailfish center console; it has a front casting deck naturally, but I am interested in covering over it and making a new deck on top of it. Im doing this for many reasons, the first of which is just to get higher off the water; it would put me up...
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    What to use when lubing the bendix?

    Morning fellas,<br /><br />I recently had trouble with my starter and it turned out that the bendix was stuck to the shaft of the starter; Ive since freed it up and cleaned the shaft. My question is what to use to lube it up so this does not happen again. Currently I have WD40 on it so that i...
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    1988 40hp johnson starter problem

    Hey guys,<br /><br />Had a great day out on the water all day today with the engine running great the whole time; I get back to the house about an hour later and go to flush the engine out and it wont start. It just makes a noise as the starter spins, but will not engage the flywheel. Any...
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    Trim/Tilt Motor removal

    I have a 87 40hp Johnson that has the original TNT assembly with it. After several different diagnostic tests, I think it is time to replace the motor; my question is whether or not (or how) I can remove the motor itself without removing the resevoir and pump. Also, I was wondering if anyone...
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    1988 40 Johnson trim/tilt... again

    Thanks for all the help earlier guys, i got the leak all squared away with an o-ring. the problem i am having now is that while trying to fully fill the motor with hydraulic fluid (you have to raise it 4 or 5 times while adding fluid) my trim/tilt motor will quit working. it never stops in mid...
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    1988 40HP JOHNSON TRIM/TILT

    AFTER MY BOAT HAD BEEN SITTING FOR A WHILE I WENT TO RAISE THE ENGINE AND MY POWER TRIM/TILT MOTOR WOULD NOT LIFT IT; IT MADE NOISE BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. I DID NOTICE THAT THERE WAS FLUID THAT HAD LEAKED IN THE GARAGE SO I PUT MORE IN THE SIDE SCREW AND IT WORKED. THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT HAS...
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