At the end of last summer I put in a new water pump in my 1981 Johnson 140. The next few times I ran the motor a few seconds after I started the boat the horn would sound and then go off. This year I have had it out twice. Each time the horn would sound for a few secods then go off after I...
I ran my 1981 Johnson 140 for the first time in several months last weekend. It started right up and ran great for several minutes. I then noticed a few misses. RPM's didn't seem to make any difference. It had misses at 2000 RPMs to 5200 RPMS. It continued to get worse until it was a real...
I have been told two different things. One is that you can not have a permanent cover over the gas tank and also I have been told you only have to have access to the fill tank hose, fuel gage connection, etc. What are the regulations and what is preferred?<br />I am replacing the floor in a 17...
I looked at an old ranger bass boat this week that has a 1976 Javlin 100 HP motor. Does anyone know much about this motor. I have a Clymers manual that mentions a 100 HP motor in the late 70's. Is this what they are refering to or is it some type of special motor? What makes it different...
I am in the process of putting a new floor in a 1993 Starcraft 17'. The boat had a piece of plywood with what appears to be aluminum supports on the back that was screwed into the stringers and support around the "in-floor" gas tank. The floor and stringers appear to be solid except around...
I am fixing up a 1993 fish and ski combo and plan on being ready to purchase a motor for it in a few months. The max HP rating is 120. My boys still like to ski and both are pretty good size. Therefore, I would like to get as much HP as possible. I here different things such as a 1992...
I am trying to redo the interior of my boat and have a question about the padding along the side and back of the boat. What is there now has approximately 3/8 inch plywood, foam padding and then the vinyl material. The wood on the starboard side is too rotten to reuse. But it is bent at a 90...
I am looking at a boat that has a bad force motor on it. Plus I have a 1979 18 ft glasstron that needs a lot of interior work but has a good 1981 140 Johson on it. If I switch motors what am I looking at? How many new holes will I have to drill and plug on each boat? Will it effect the...
I have a 1981 Johnson 140. One of the plug wires keeps coming off. We have tried several things and now I think my best bet is to buy a new one. My plug wires are made into the ignition coil. When looking at replacements the new ones are made seperate. Is there any difference and if I...
My 1982 (not '81 as typed in previous post) Johnson 2HP starts up pretty easy but when I gave it gas it would die. The only place it would run is when the lever is pointing at "Start". I posted this question on June 21 and got a response about the carbs, which was my thought too. Since then I...
This weekend I took some kids skiing. Saturday the engine started runing poorly. First it was just missing ever few minutes then it wouldn't run hardly at all. I went back to the beach, took off the cowling and started it back up. When I did I noticed water squirting out from the back of the...
I have a 1981 Johnson "colt" 2 hp. It starts pretty easy but when I try to give is gas it dies. And then is usually hard to restart. The carb was rebuilt a few years ago. My thought is that it is getting too much gas and is flooding out. Does that seem right? What would cause this?
My 1981 Johnson 140 will start and run fine when the battery is fully charged. However, after a day or two of fishing or skiing the battery is not powerfull enough to start the engine. The firt time it happened there was enough juice to spin the starter but not enough to spin it fast enough to...
