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I have an 84 Johnson 40HP tiller steer. It is the VRO but it has been disconnected I just bought it on Sun I put it in the water before I bought it and there was not a buzzer going off, but I put it in the water today and as soon as I cranked it a solid warning buzzer was going off. There is a...
I have an 88 Johnson 90HP, it normally runs about 35-40MPH. This morning I had it on the water and it ran fine I fished for awhile and when I started to head back in it would only run about 10MPH. I had it WOT, but the motor doesn't sound like it is wide open. I don't have a tach so I don't...
I hit a sand bar yesterday, and now I obviously have a ton of sand coming out of the prop area when I flush the motor and I can hear it behind the prop when I turn it. Should I just keep flushing it until it stops coming out, should I take off the prop. I have never had this problem before. I am...
My tilt and trim will not go up or down on my 88' Johnson 90HP. I can hear the motor but it doesn't move. I think it is out of fluid. My question is what kind of fluid do I put in. I have been told hydraulic, SAE 30 Motor Oil and I have been told tranny fluid. Can someone please give me some...
I have a 88' 90 HP Johnson the VRO has been disconnected. It will run while it is on the trailer. When I get it in the water and crank it I have to give it throttle for about 20 sec before it will idle, then it will idle fine but when I go to put it in gear it dies out. Any help would be...
I have a 88 johnson 90HP. The gear on the starter just spins, sometimes it will engage the flywheel but when it does it hardly makes it turn. It ran last week, then I took it out on the water yesterday and it started then it just quit and the the starter just started spinning. Any help would be...
