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I have a 1970 Johnson 85 H.P (model number 85ESL70D) Hydro electric shift. I am getting no spark on any cylinder. I have checked and cleaned the points which didn't help, I had a bad wire going from the power pack/Amplifier to the points under the flywheel i repaired, and I still have no spark...
I have a 1969 Johnson 85 h.p. hydro elctric drive outboard motor that i am not getting any spark. I checked and cleaned the points and it didnt help any. I did notice that this motor has a power pack also (amplyfier) part number (389550). I also noticed that the black/white wire that connects...
I had posted a post on here about a problem with my 1971 100 h.p. outboard being stuck in forward. Its the electric push button shift. I checked my two wires that run into the exhaust housing with a ohms tester and they came back at 6 ohm's which i read mean't they were good. But I noticed alot...
I recently purchased a older Boat with a 100 H.P. Evinrude Motor. It has the old style push button electric shift on it. I pushed the center button which is suppose to be for nuetral and its still in gear. I tried pushing the forward and the reverse button to see if either of them would change...
I have a johnson 40 h.p. motor that has always ran great, but recently it has developed some kind of a fuel problem I think. The motor will start just fine, and go into gear but when I try to accelerate, it bogs out and dies. If im in nutreal and rev it up it will hesitate for a second, then it...
I had my pontoon out yesteraday and I hit a log in the river. Now when I use my motor It will start just fine and go in forward and reverse but when I push the control to accelerate it seems like it either pops out of gear or starts slipping. Basically when just going at idle speed it is fine...
I have a 1974 135 H.P Evinrude that ran great when it was last parked 2 years ago. I had the boat winterized and parked it in my barn and it sat for the last 2 years. I went to get it out this year and it is not getting any spark. I even held on to the spark plug wire to see if i would get any...
