Hello everyone, My first post and new here. I own this boat about a year now with 1984 jonhson 50hp and since i have it day one the motor idle very low and each time i put it in gear the motor would stalled. so i have to rev it up and let it wine down to where it low enough that i engage the gear without put a lot of load on the lower unit. and last week i'm the lake and i'm having a hard time to get it start it but when i do the idle is low i have to rev it up once i get going it run fine. and when i goes through the channel it would die because of low RPM possible timing issue. so i start to play around with the throttle linkage, but couldn't get the idle high enough then i start to play the yoke (the nylon piece) bump up the idle speed a bit, now at low speed the motor stay run but when i put to WOT the would bog and stall seen like timing is off or it starving for something. but if i slowly went to WOT it bog and slowly plain out and WOT fine and run great again. there are something wrong or timing issue at low RPM/speed. maybe some can help with link and sync info on the throttle linkage, shift linkage and yoke adjustment/distance and possible the step to do timing. i don't have the manual at the moment and would gladly appreciated.
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