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    Houseboat hull painting.

    I am thinking of purchasing a 1989 steel hull houseboat and it is now in dry storage on blocks. I would like to paint the hull before putting it back into the water. The boat has always been in freshwater in central Texas. The bottom paint does not look to be in bad shape but was advised to...
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    1978 Johnson 200 no spark

    I have a 78 Johnson 200 and I tried a spark test and I am not getting any spark, I have new power packs and even tried the old ones, I tried disconnecting the wire on #6 on the power pack to test the keyswitch and still no spark. Can I rest the ignition coils with a voltmeter to see if they are...
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    1980 Johnson 175 not getting on plane

    I can't get the boat to plane out, yesterday I found a loose carb and tightened it up and motor sounded really good while hooked up to muffs, today I tried it on the lake, and though it ran better than day before, when throttling up it hesitates and then goes faster but will not get on plane. I...
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