pdxjosh2016
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Hello,
I just got my first big boy boat, its a 1972 thunderbird tri hull. It has a 1972 65hp Johnson triumph electric start outboard on it.
I am going over the boat and getting ready to put it in the water and I was flushing the motor last night and I noticed that the propeller spins when in idle. It seems to spin fairly fast. I did feel the motor shift in to forward, neutral, and reverse, but I did not see a noticeable change in propeller speed. I found little info online about the propeller spin, and only found a handful of videos on youtube that showed the propeller spinning.
So my question is it normal for the propeller to spin in neutral? What should I look for if its not normal.
Thanks,
Josh
I just got my first big boy boat, its a 1972 thunderbird tri hull. It has a 1972 65hp Johnson triumph electric start outboard on it.
I am going over the boat and getting ready to put it in the water and I was flushing the motor last night and I noticed that the propeller spins when in idle. It seems to spin fairly fast. I did feel the motor shift in to forward, neutral, and reverse, but I did not see a noticeable change in propeller speed. I found little info online about the propeller spin, and only found a handful of videos on youtube that showed the propeller spinning.
So my question is it normal for the propeller to spin in neutral? What should I look for if its not normal.
Thanks,
Josh