CATransplant
Admiral
- Joined
- Feb 26, 2005
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Well, after all the work, and all the help offered here, today's fishing trip with my 80-year-old dad went very well.<br /><br />The geriatric Johnson started up instantly, purred away from the dock, planed the boat out smartly, and even trolled for about an hour at around 2mph with no problems whatever.<br /><br />It's been an adventure rehabilitating this engine. I've learned a lot, with the help of the manual and the great folks here.<br /><br />The whole point for me was to get this motor running perfectly before my dad visited, so I could return a thousand fishing trips over the years with a day of fishing on a Minnesota lake.<br /><br />We didn't catch a darned thing, but had a great time all the same.<br /><br />When I got the RDS-20, it wouldn't start at all. It got a new crankshaft key and started up. Compression was just 85 on both cylinders. Then it wouldn't shift properly, but I corrected the problem (caused by me when I replaced the impeller). The last problem was one of it not idling smoothly. That's gone, too, even though I didn't do anything to fix it. I guess the Sea Foam cleaned out what needed to be cleaned out. Now, compression is up to 105, and it looks like I've got a nice reliable engine.<br /><br />Thanks again to everyone. Anyone with a Big Twin is going to get all the help from me that I can muster.
