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    Pre-mix vs oil injection

    Can you substitute 50:1 premix for oil injection on a new style twin carb Johnson with auto injection? I never have trusted oil mix pumps, and would really rather mix my own.
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    '73 25 hp Johnson tell tale flow?

    My son took his boat out on the lake for a little test after we made a few adjustments and he noted that the tell tale is flowing a spray cone more than a pee stream. He didn't run it for too long, but it stayed cool. <br /><br />What should this flow be like? And I would think that the...
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    25EL73A parts questions

    Thanks to the gentlemen who replied to my previous post on this engine. We will be getting a manual on the way, a water pump kit and repait job figured out how to do, and a set of points and condensers and plugs for good measure.<br /><br />One thing that is AWOL that I don't know if it will be...
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    Johnson 25EL73A Newbie

    We have just aquirred this engine and had a problem with it immediately. It would not run at low speed. Today I pulled the cover, retorqued the head, (finding the lower cylinder slightly looser, this stopped a slight wheeze it had and noticibly increaced the compression). Cleaned the...
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