Re: 2000 Johnson 225 will not go on plane.
is you timer base advancing with the throttle? you mentioned replacing the stator you may have some of that old stator drippings locking the timerbase! is the red levered valve on the primer solinoid in the right position? it's either ignition or fuel, guess thats would be a no-brainer thought! but I would try manually advancing the carb linkage @ the motor @ the top of the carbs , your timerbase will stay at it's idle position this way, have someone steering, if it behaves the same under a load your timing is most likely not advancing, if in neutral and you do the same thing quick flip of the carb linkage and she revs up like a raped ape and with a 225 I mean raped ape(careful this could over rev), I would rule out fuel, and start investigating my ignition components, maybe faulty timerbase not triggering correctly! when my 99 225 on my 20' WA cuddy is in her correct frame of mind there is no hole shot, no almost on a plane, when the hammer is layed down she jumps like an unforgiving missle and she is gone! I have yet to have had a fuel problem, always been an ignition thing, somewhere even when all things point to fuel, it turns out to be ignition, loose wire, poorly seated connector, grounded out wire squashed wire under the PP! CDI ignition tech tips and troubleshooting guides have been an asset to me!