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    1981 Johnny 70 Silly Question Day

    Im slowly waking my motor from its ten year slumber, took me two days to get the tilt trim working, dry no oil, so sorted all that goes up n down like beauty now, the motor sounds abit suss, looking at it can u change it while its on the boat the rear screw looks like hard to get out, i imagine...
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    Scratch Building Got Engine And Drive Questions

    Hey Troops, wont bore you with the boat details , I’m using a local Aussie Ford 250 6 banger engine in a boat, I was thinking about just running direct drive with a shaft coupling straight of the harmonic balancer, the engine I’m running is an alloy head cross flow all Aussie design, same...
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    68 Starflite Do I or Don’t I

    So I decided was time to get onto the Starflite and get her ready to swim after a 40 year break, every bolt I touch breaks, this is the first of the cd ignition V4s in 68 it’s an 85 with Selectric gearbox, on the heads a couple of the lil jacket cover bolts are bust, every single bolt on the...
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    1981 Johnson 70 , storage dramas

    Im working on my current project, the 70 on him hasn’t run in years, guesstimate 5-10 years, had a brief look at it, starter was seized, bit of wd40 and a spanner and it freed up, engine winds over, I hooked the ears up to it, put fuel too it, and great big bugger all not even a fart, I left it...
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    1972 Aussie Caribbean Galaxy V-156

    I have had this little boat squirrelled away for a while, I have been active on it now for a while, im currently wheel chair bound while I’m waiting on a new leg which is taking forever so I’m doing what I can from the chair, the exterior of the hull is nearing completion, the floor inside needs...
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    Suzuki DT 85 1985 Upto Old Trix Again

    So the anti christ has dropped spark on 1 and 3, no spark on tester, wiring to coils tested well within range, so replaced Flywheel, stator, trigger, CD box, rectifier, is switch with parts of spares motor, this solved the sneezing but no spark on 2 cyls, likely causes? Trigger could be stuffed...
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    Mid 80s Johnson 70hp Help

    Hey guys, I have a mid 80s Johnson 70 Im trying bring back to life, it was on a boat I saved didn’t plan on keeping it so did nothing with it, the motor I was going to use is no good, so now I’m looking at the Johnson that’s on it, I don’t know these 3 cyl loops , I put a battery on it, fuel to...
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    Aussie Caribbean Galaxy V156 Runabout

    This is my Aussie early 60s Caribbean Galaxy 15.5 foot ski / fish combination run about, thats a mouthfull lol, so im after various views on how to solve the lack off a windscreen, I dont have the original, I cant even find a suitable alloy extrusion to make a frame. There are several ways...
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    Suzuki DT85 Almost There

    Ok so flywheel came of with a foot long crow bar with a rather large mechanic hanging from it while another bashed the flywheel, in the end it gave up and come off, so we changed out the stator, trigger, cd unit, the spark reappeared but not on all three cyls, one coil we replaced is dead to the...
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    Johnson Mystery CD Box

    I got this with the 88 70 hp Johnson on a boat I’m restoring, my 70 has no spark I’m wondering if he was going to retro this in, can it be done, what is this from
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    Suzi DT85 1985 Cooling Issues

    Got a Suzi with some problems, no thermostat in it, with the muffs and thermostat housing off getting no water out the top but bit of smoke coming out. i have to dump the gearbox to have a crack repaired, he had the pump done but wasn’t tested, if the vanes were reversed this would occur? No...
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    Stuck DT85 Flywheel

    Ok so have to get this damn flywheel off, im using a good brand USA made car balancer removerer, i using hi tensile bolts with stainless washers, I have got it as fardown as I can, Im wheel chair bound and 150 kilos I can really put the muscle onto this tool, she won’t budge, tapping as gently...
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    DT 85 Timing Setting 87 model

    dont know why this is so hard, this frigging motor grrrrrr! , i need to know the timing setting for this motor, its an ex VRO engine, there timed each cylinder yeah?
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    More problems w my Suzuki

    So time for another round of yelling and throwing things at this damn Suzi, the spark loss appears to be some dodgey wiring the young owner did , the key switch is in the dash he exteneded the wires to move it, im guessing something gone awry there, to test the theory has does one hot wire a...
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    Possessed DT85 Still Possessed It Just Wont Run Right

    So time for another round of yelling and throwing things at this damn Suzi, the spark loss appears to be some dodgey wiring the young owner did , the key switch is in the dash he exteneded the wires to move it, im guessing something gone awry there, to test the theory has does one hot wire a...
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