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    We can sove this one today!

    I have a 1990 40 HP tracker Johnson. I do not know a lot about it's history but it has never ran right. I have worked on and owned it for almost 2 months now. It runs great at speed, but has never been willing to idle on the water. It idle on the muffs, usually not great. The VRO was injection...
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    1990 40 HP Johnson tilt

    My motor has a dead tilt assist cylinder. From what I have read, it cannot be serviced. It does not assist. It require too much force to disengage it so that the motor can be tilted. As received, the plastic ball clip for the cable was broken. I fabbed one from SS sheet. Then I found the cable...
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    1990 40 hp Johnson smokey pop cough!

    T-J40ElESF This boat may have sat up for a couple of years (tag, carbs). When I first met Her, she would run if you squeeze the bub (VRO pump leaking gas). After getting her home she would only run on spray. Most of her life she was in salt water. She was very clean under the hood (WD40). The...
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    Sea Trial results

    I took my current project out for the first time today. 1990 Tracker 17' pro Deep Vee. It did not idle too well, it smoked a lot at idle. Johnson 40 hp w oil inject. I was on the lake for about three hours. I found about 1/2 gal of water in her later. The max RPM was about 3800. She stumbles a...
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    1990 40 hp johnson with 2 problems

    It has not been used in over a year. I just picked it up a few weeks ago and I have been working my way through it. The first issue is it has manual tilt and it doe not. The previous owner says that it has not worked in years. i do not have a manual for this one. How do I release it so the I can...
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    1990 40hp Johnson tilt problem

    I recently picked up a little FW boat project it's a 1990 17 pro deep Vee Tracker. One of it's problems is the motor will not tilt. It does not have power trim. The previous owner says it has not worked for years. He thinks there is a cable that pulls a valve release that went to a plastic...
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    1990 40HP Johnson trim problem

    I recently picked up a little FW boat project it's a 1990 17 Pro deep Vee Tracker. One of it's problems is the motor will not tilt. It does not have power trim. The previous owner says it has not worked for years. He thinks there is a cable that pulls a valve release that went to a plastic...
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