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I bought a boat with an incomplete (carbs, cylinder heads are missing) Johnson V4 90HP 1981 outboard. THe tilt & trim is intack - it has a two wire (blue & green) motor, which I suspect is shot. Is one wire for +ve up & the other for +ve down and the -ve provided through the metal motor...
Hi I have a 1977 Evinrude 70HP. It starts first or second time from cold. I tilt the motor to take it to the water, it then appears to be flooded, since it takes a bit of cranking (and openning the throttle) to get it going. Once going it runs well, idles, accelerates and returns to idle. After...