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My cylinder head bolts are quite rusty on my 10 year old Johnson 130. Is using stainlees steel bolts to replace them a bad idea? What, if any, thread coating to use?

I am getting ready to look for a short circuit and I'm looking to check any place in the wiring system for the problem. Is there a separate blocking diode in my system, and if so where should I look for it? The short is in the yellow/red circuit and it blew away the key switch. Changing out...

I have a 1998 Johnson 130 with S.L.O.W. on an 18-foot center console. Had a short circuit in the ignition harness at the solenoid yellow-red wire (at least). I jumped the yellow-red wire and now the engine fires on one bank only. Could the short have blow out all of the components, rectifier...

I am trying to wire in a new power pack to my 1998 130 Johnson. The Clymer?s manual is no help. Wire color-to wire color makes sense but I could use some assurance. The white/black wire goes where, what end point? According to Clymer ?unless my old eyes are going south- shows the white/black...

I am reinstalling the flywheel and the manual says to coat the threads with gasket sealing compound; is this absolutely necessary? I had a devil of a time getting the nut loose and putting a sealer on the threads seems I'm asking for more trouble the next time I must remove the nut.

I have a 130 johnson looper 1998 and I would like to know if my flywheel has replaceable magnets.

I have just disabled the oil inlet side of my VRO pump on a 1998 Johnson 130. Unless I leave the oil inlet completely uncapped (not even an inline air filter) the engine starves of fuel. I do not understand, I have looked at a great many forum posts pertaining to the process for disabling the...