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    detente ball and spring in lower unit

    1988 40hp Johnson. Noticed lower unit oil leaking from a small hole just below water pick up. Call the guy who helped me reseal lower unit (he's also the previous owner of the motor). He said it probably fell out when he replaced the gears about 2 yrs. ago. He told me to silicone the hole up for...
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    hard starting 40hp

    Hello All,<br />It's been a while. I have a 1988 40hp Johnson, and sometimes it will fire right up and some times it takes it a while ( 3-4 min. :mad: ). The motor is rebuilt with less than 30 hrs. on it. Carbs are clean, good compression, spark jumps half an inch, fuel pump pumps really well...
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    1971 johnson 50hp will not plane out !!!!!!

    Check compression,<br />My cousin has a seahorse 35h.p. and he used to could pull a hydroslide. His compression was an even 120psi. His wife's grandfather run it hot one time, and the next time he tried to pull the slide, he notice that the boat was stuggling to pull it. He brought it to me, ran...
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    1973 115 Evinrude sneezing

    Hello,<br /> I'm new to to the forum so try to bare with me. I have a 1973 115 V-4 evinrude. It runs great at high rpm's, but when I come back to idle it sneezes trough the exhaust. New plugs(Champion L77JC4) , getting good fire, carbs have been cleaned by myself and an outboard mechanic...
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