I rebuilt the carb prior to swapping the spark plug wires with an OMC rebuild kit. It did not have the low speed pack nut in the rebuild kit so I'll see if I can find that online. The issue I was wondering if perhaps the timing advance was incorrect because the carb and linkage do not look like...
I had to cut the recoil rope when I took the powerhead off. I'll get a new rope on there. Is the length mainly just to make starting it easier?
As for the carb, should I bite the bullet and buy a used OMC carb from eBay? I only see one of them on there and its $150. If not, I'm guessing it will...
Wow, I can't thank you enough. Just went by the manual and assumed the it was correct. Switched the leads and she fired right up. Ran for 2 minutes and then stalled out and wont restart. Time to get to diagnosing that :)
Hello, I have been rebuilding a 1982 Johnson 7.5hp (sailmaster). I purchased it with no spark, diagnosed it and replaced the powerpack that now sparks and jumps a 1/2" gap. It is not starting and after 5 or so pulls it will backfire once. Looking through the parts manual the carb linkage on my...
Know it's a few years late, but I really appreciate the part numbers for the bearings and seal dimensions when rebuilding my impeller unit. Good information on these is hard to find!
