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I have a 2001 johnson 50hp that has been running like crap. Cleaned out the carbs, and did a bunch of the ususal checks with no improvement. Anyhow, in the trouble shooting process I got around to noticing my throttle linkage was way out of spec so I decided to fix that and see if it made any difference...
So here is the current problem I'm fighting with, the timing advance controll rod is supposed to be set at 2 1/16" long; First off mine will not actually go that short 2 1/4" is as short as I can get without modifying it. And now we get to the second problem, with the controll rod set anywhere near 2 1/4", the timing advance hits the end of its travel and binds up the "cam slot" in the main linkage piece, so that the throttle can not continue to open up. Hoping that makes sense, I'm assuming this was why the controll rod was set way longer than spec in the first place.
So my question is what do I do now? About all I can think of is to set the controll rod as short as possible and then attempt to adjust the stop bolt to set the timing, and adjust the throttle controll rod to whatever length needed to accomidate everything else being out to lunch, which is what I'm assuming was how it was setup in the first place. If anyone has any suggestions though, I'm all ears.
So here is the current problem I'm fighting with, the timing advance controll rod is supposed to be set at 2 1/16" long; First off mine will not actually go that short 2 1/4" is as short as I can get without modifying it. And now we get to the second problem, with the controll rod set anywhere near 2 1/4", the timing advance hits the end of its travel and binds up the "cam slot" in the main linkage piece, so that the throttle can not continue to open up. Hoping that makes sense, I'm assuming this was why the controll rod was set way longer than spec in the first place.
So my question is what do I do now? About all I can think of is to set the controll rod as short as possible and then attempt to adjust the stop bolt to set the timing, and adjust the throttle controll rod to whatever length needed to accomidate everything else being out to lunch, which is what I'm assuming was how it was setup in the first place. If anyone has any suggestions though, I'm all ears.