Hey guys! I have a 1982 Johnson 70hp (J70ELCNB) that I am going to be cleaning all three carbs. I have watched the youtube videos and read the fourms... including the secret files on carb cleaning. I plan on removing the carbs, taking them apart and soaking them in the chem-dip overnight. My...
Hey guys, just got the boat out on the water and I am having an interesting issue. I just changed all the plugs, wires and fuel lines. Boat starts right up and idles great, put the boat in gear no issues... start to give it gas all good till around 2K rpm then stalls out unless I throttle down...
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I am in the process of finishing my rebuild of a 1982 Ski barge. Prior to starting the rebuild (about 6 months ago) the engine fired right up and ran great. This last weekend I hooked up the new remote control and wanted to test everything out and the engine would not fire. I...
Question for you guys. I have a cooler seat that I would like to paint to match my center console. For the console I am using Totalboats wetedge (primer and paint) which is a one part polyurethane paint. I sent an email to totalboats and they said their primer was not designed to work with...
Hey everyone! So I am having a lapse in memory. In the process of redoing a 1982 ski barge with a 1982 70hp Johnson and I am almost at the point of getting the new steering installed. I am probably going to use the SeaStar Safe-T II or their 4.2 rotary system. My issue is when removing the old...
Hi guys, I have a 1982 70HP Johnson (J70ELCNB). I know the oil mix is 50:1 I just dont know what would be the best oil to use for the engine to last the longest. I know the 100 is full synthetic, 50 is mixed and 30 is conventional. Having no experience with 2 stroke marine engine maintenance I...
Hi Everyone! So I finally got the boat and finally got the correct information! Everything that was told to me originally was wrong, but I am glad that the boat is in better shape than I thought it was going to be in!
First off the boat is Kenner Ski Barge, but it is an 1982 not 60's! It has a...
Hi Everyone! Let me introduce myself. My names Chris, and my fiancée’s father gave us his fishing boat (the boat my fiancée grew up on). It is a 67ish Kenner Ski Barge Tarpon II (16ft). I forgot what year the outboard is but it’s a Evinrude 80Hp that he just had rebuilt last year (new head...