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    Serial number

    Canadian model ?----My best guess is a 1975 model.
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    timing

    Model # of your motor?
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    1927 johnson k 35 ignition.

    I doubt that will work !!---Simple as that.----That will work on say a 1979 model Johnson 6 HP.
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    1964 9.5 evinrude

    edited
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    2000 Johnson 40 hp Won’t start

    Put 6 - 1/2 drops of fuel ( straight gas will do ) in each spark plug hole.----Put plugs in .---Crank it over to start.----Report what happens.
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    Force Outboards Rated By Model

    There are many different impellers today.-----Not the same 40 years ago.----Time to measure some shafts and housings .----Find a $20 one that will fit can be modified to work.
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    2000 Johnson 40 hp Won’t start

    Should be able to jump 3/8" ( 1 cm ) with ease.
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    2000 Johnson 40 hp Won’t start

    Do you push in the key and hold it in while cranking it over ?-----Yes , no or no idea how the primer valve works?----Filter is inside the primer valve.----Remove 4 screws to find it?
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    Steering cable wont bend enough to come out of outboard

    I guess I missed the part about the old man and the cripple in post #1
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    2000 Johnson 40 hp Won’t start

    Pushing the key in and holding it in while cranking it over ?----Does electric primer valve click when key is pushed in ?----Checked filter on electric primer valve?
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    Force Outboards Rated By Model

    At one time folks did not like the idea of a big outboard hanging on the back of a boat.-----It was deemed cheap and unreliable.-----The L-drive was a way of hiding the outboard.-----How times have changed !
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    1957 fd-11 johnson lower keeps leaking

    New expert every day it seems.
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    2000 Johnson 40 hp Won’t start

    Flywheel key ?
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    Strange noise on de-acceleration 1989 Evinrude 140hp

    Normal sound of the clutch dog I believe.------On the trailer put motor in forward.----Turn propeller clockwise by hand.-----Report what you hear.
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    Moving 275 Tons w/two Chrysler Outboards

    Outboards or the Chrysler flathead six.
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    1957 fd-11 johnson lower keeps leaking

    But , but a lower unit does have pressure when motor is running.-----And they do develop pressure if out in the hot sun !!
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    Steering cable wont bend enough to come out of outboard

    Remove motor mounting bolts.----Push motor to one side and see if that helps.
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    Force Outboards Rated By Model

    Brunswick is the parent company that makes and markets Mercury outboards.
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    Add telltale pee hole to 1965 Johnson 75 HP

    On you way out perhaps ask for a refund on what you paid for the help here.
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    1957 fd-11 johnson lower keeps leaking

    Pressure test and see exactly where the leak is.---Then repair that leak with say ----" lumiweld" ---brazing rod.----Better yet is to replace that housing.
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