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 TO MISS EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE AFTER GETTING ON PLANE. FIRST THOUGHT WAS THE FUEL INTAKE; I GAVE THE BULB A COUPLE OF PUMPS AND SHE SEEMED TO PERK UP. THIS DIDNT LAST LONG HOWEVER AND ON THE FINAL DECENT HOME WHILE THE SHIFTER WAS STILL IN THE WOT POSITION, SHE DROPPED OFF PLANE AND WOULD ONLY GO ABOUT HALF SPEED. THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES I STARTED HER OUT ON THE WATER SHE WAS VERY HARD TO TURN OVER AT FIRST LIKE THE BATTERY WAS OUT OF JUICE, BUT THEN WOULD ALL OF THE SUDDEN FIRE RIGHT UP. GOT HOME AND WENT TO FLUSH HER OUT AND SHE WOULD BARELY TURN OVER. CHECKED THE BATTERY AND IT WAS AT 12V SO ALL GOOD THERE. SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESISTANCE SOMEWHERE RESTRICTING THE ENGINE FROM TURNING OVER FREELY. PLAN TO PULL THE PLUGS AND SEE WHAT I SEE; ANY SUGGESTIONS AND/OR ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.<br /><br />THANKS<br />BRANDON