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I replaced my 88 Johnson which had no Trim and tilt with a 76' Johnson with Trim & tilt, I would like to know what I need to wire the trim to work. It has the 3 cables Black(Gorund), Blue(Up) & Green (Down). I would like suggestions on need OEM or Non-OEM ways to make it operate and what Items I...
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I just purchased a 78' Johnson to back up my 88' Johnson while it get rebuilt. The 78' has a tilt and trim system but the wires are cut at about 2 feet from the motor. I would like to find a place that sells the wire to reach the control panels in the front and a tilt up & down swutch. I...
I just did a compression test on my 88 Johnson 70hp, this is what I got. I did the test with with hi idle lever up and all 3 plugs out. I got 62 on the top, 30 in the middle and 59 on the bottom. Where do I go from here and how much should I be preparing to pay to repair this problem. I was...
I just had my 88 Johnson 70hp serviced a week ago and after they asured me all was well I when out into the Ocean. Well I ended getting towed back because after 5 minutes of WOT it just died out. I got home pulled the plugs and they were black with oil, can this happen on their first use. They...
My engine flooded with oil last week because of a leak on the VRO pump. So every day when I can home from work I cracked the engine to burn off the oil with no water attached. It would just choke up and shut of in second or 2, I would do this about 2 times a day for the last 3 days maybe 4. Well...