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    Johnson 9.9 Hard to turn over after rebuild

    I am in the process of rebuilding my 1984 Johnson 9.9. I completely tore the powerhead down and installed new piston rings, honed the cylinder, and reassembled using assembly lube and all new gaskets and seals. I had to replace one of the pistons due to a piece of metal chipped off the piston...
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    Need help locating a factory service manual for j70tlcrd

    Hi guys, My dad just gave me his old 1984 Johnson 70 HP after having some issues with it and purchasing a new one. This thing has low compression on the top cylinder and doesnt run really at all in the water other than an idle. More than likely is going to need new rings, etc. I am going to...
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    1990 Evinrude 40HP

    Hi guys I am having some trouble and hoping someone can help me out. I recently acquired a used 1990 40HP Evinrude VRO and mounted it to my boat. VRO has been disabled and I am running premix. Took it out for the first time and it ran OK. It would want to stall when idling and I also noticed...
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    1962 Sea King 5HP oil return hose

    I recently pulled my carb to clean it up and when starting it back up afterwards noticed a small fuel leak inside the lower cowl, I couldnt really tell where it was coming from, just saw a couple drops pooled up at the front. Cleaned it all up and started trying to track down the culprit and...
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    1987 Johnson 9.9 Driveshaft removal question

    My dad just gave me his 9.9 Johnson PN J10RLCUE. He was using it on his larger boat, hence the long shaft motor but he no longer needed it. I am going to be using it on my smaller 12 footer and want to convert to short shaft. It has the spacer bolted into the leg, so it is possible to remove...
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    1961 sea king 5 up adjustments

    I finally got the motor running. I replaced the impeller and after doing so couldn't get it started, it wouldn't even fire at all. Pulled the plugs and found I was only getting spark on one plug. Pulled the flywheel and cleaned the points with no success, still only spark on one. Swapped...
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    Need help Identifying early 60s Sea King 5 Hp outboard

    I just recently acquired a Sea King outboard from an acquaintance who didnt really know much about it. The placard that has the Model/SN has been removed, all I can see is the broken rivets on the transom mount. I have not yet tried to start it, and was just trying to get some knowledge before...
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