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    1985 Johnson 140 engine wireing diagram and color coding

    Go buy the factory manual.
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    Picture of my prop - what’s going on here?

    Not torqing the prop will cause that also.
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    Mercury 1999 9.9 hp

    Did you leave the motor in gear when you shut it off? There is a recoil lock on that if you leave the throttle advanced. That motor has the shifter in the tiller handle?
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    Blown head gasket / overheat

    are you sure its the overheat alarm and not the VRO?
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    Yamaha 200ETXN Surging Idle

    You need to do a compression and spark test . If that is good go back to the carbs also verify the oil injection is working
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    Yamaha 200ETXN Surging Idle

    2 strk/4strk , fuel injected/ carb motor?
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    1996 115 Johnson Ocean Runner V4 Will Not Idle J115SLEDR

    To far from me I am in WI
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    1996 115 Johnson Ocean Runner V4 Will Not Idle J115SLEDR

    Where are you located?
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    Stuck water pump impeller

    Go on Ebay
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    1996 115 Johnson Ocean Runner V4 Will Not Idle J115SLEDR

    If it's a looper motor those screws are around 4-5 turns out from lightly seated.
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    1977 Johnson 75 Stinger dies when put in gear

    You need to do compression and spark tests. Look carefully at the old plugs make sure they are not shiny
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    Stuck water pump impeller

    You can use the 3 or the 6 blade impeller in that motor. Gear pros makes a reasonably priced set of gears for that motor.
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    Stuck water pump impeller

    How is that the wrong impeller?
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    Mercury 25hp (5842749 serial #) Locked up.

    Pull the lower unit off and see if it turns then.
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    Battery sparking

    With that setup it will happen again. Fix it or not up to you.
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    Battery sparking

    I would buy either a marine battery with threaded posts. Or buy the lead clamps that have the threaded posts and use those. How do you have those other cables terminated?
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    Battery sparking

    What do the other set of large cables go to. You can't put a ring terminal on the clamp bolt like that. Since they don't sit flat you get a bad connection.
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    Battery sparking

    That is a bad set up. How many motors do you have on this boat?
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    Battery sparking

    Loose connections. Especially if you have wing nuts on the battery.
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    Troubleshoot/confirm idle issue

    The early 4 strk carbed motors were notorious for carb problems. Most of it was because they were so lean at an idle.
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