I just added an anchor winch 35 lb and trolling motor 40 lb thrust to my fish and ski.<br /><br />What I want to do is add a second deep cycle battery to run all my equipment (Trolling Motor, Winch, Lights, Locator, GPS ect.) and keep my starting battery just for the 90hp Johnson.<br /><br />My...
I have a 1985 90hp Johnson and lately the bendix gear is spining on the flywheel slowly compaired to the shaft on the starter. is there a key or splines to hold the bendix gear to the starter shaft or just the top bolt? Is it ok for the shaft and the bendix to spin at different speeds? Thanks...
I have a 1985 Ebbtide Dyna-Trak 176 S/S fiberglass fish & Ski with a 90hp Johnson. Currently I am running a SS 13 3/8 X 17 #389948. The boat runs good but the rpm at WOT is at 5800 RPM. OMC recomends 4500 to 5500 RPM. I want to keep the speed, currently at 41 mph (GPS) but if I increase the...
I have a 1985 Johnson 90 hp VRO. On sat. I was out on the lake and had to pump the primer ball to keep it running. It had a VRO pump that was disabled before I bought the boat. I went to the dealer to get a replacement pump and he gave me a new #438559 Pump without the VRO. After checking...
I just bought an 85' Dyna-Trak 176 S/S with a 90 hp Johnson this spring and wanted to know if there are any other owners to compare some data. The boat is a fiberglass 17' fish and ski with a wrap around open center windshild.<br />Questions: <br />Prop to run, right now I am running a 3 blade...
I have a 90hp Johnson that for the past three weeks has lost power. What has been done, you ask? 1 decarbon the engin, it would go WOT but jerk, like a surging motion. 2 changed the plugs (one plug was clean on the outside and dirty electrode), it helped the idle a bit but could not maintain...
