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    40hp Dead Top Cylinder

    reeds are just one way mechanical valves that let fuel get sucked in the crankcase but not pushed out on the piston down stroke . This effectively guide the new fuel vapours in the cyl IN ports to refill the cyl and.... push out the exhaust.. Reeds work like check valves on a sewer pipe or...
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    40hp Dead Top Cylinder

    reeds do not contribute to loss or increase of compression
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    1996 Johnson 50 Not starting

    what happens if you add some fuel in a sparkplug hole say 5-10cc and start theengine... does it have ignition for a few sec. what is good... compression ?? post eng. mdl
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    Thermostat cover hose 200 Johnson 2000 J200VLSIF

    it is just water so fuel line should be fine. just find what fits and bends with no kinks...jmho :)
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    hard start after motor tilt

    new problem or old problem ??
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    78 Johnson 115 Overcharging??

    very odd it does say rect & reg ... although it has no extra 4th black wire is it not possible its metallinc body gets a ground referrence by simply bolting it up ?? if it was not a rect-reg one would expect a lot of adverse comments 4.5 on 80 reveiews isn'T bad although...
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    Water Jacket Cover and Thermostat Housing Bolts

    no harm in retorquing I guess.... but if they did not strip at 100lbs maybe best to let the sleeping dogs alone. jmho
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    78 Johnson 115 Overcharging??

    the same no... physically yes the description fits so the reg. shouuld fit. 80 commens at 4.5 seems good. few bad ones but they could have been bad installations. most users seemed happy it is a suggestion ..up to you or if worried go OEM.
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    Leroy'S R.I.P. ???

    just visit aomci site for the whole story... he is working to have it up soon hopefully ii
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    Engine won't turn over

    not familiar with what you have but can you not just remove the throttle (unbolt it) and realign it vertical center
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    Engine won't turn over

    or did you misaligned some splines when reassembling.. presumably you did not touch the cables at the engine side so the misalignment should be up front when you put things back together no ???
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    Idle issues

    some like seafoam some don't ... it fixed up my Honda snowblower cough. never had to install my china copy carb.
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    Evinrude 30 hp compression question

    compression PSI is internal to the cyld's with ports closed off ... nothing to do with crank seals or L.U... has indicated worn out or bad meter ? .... just run it with a good dose of engine cleaner see what happens.
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    Engine won't turn over

    FICHT maybe checked the fuses??? on the PDP ..!! does T&T trim work up and down ?? what is a vtec ?? post mdl # did they make ETEC 250hp in 2002 ?? download yourself this manual .... pages 4-18 and up https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-pyBmXzRaZ16y9sJ1QkSfjnBGwA-HzsB
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    Johnson 4HP questions

    your motor...24/1 wont hurt it... worse case sparkplugs may foul up
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    Fuel line problem

    i fit sucked out the gas from the primer bulb ... no new gas was entering from the tank...try a different tank, clean the pick tube/filter or change the hose on trial (borrow one if need be)
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    Johnson 4HP questions

    i think the 70s 4hp ran good on 50/1
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    1979 25 HP Evinrude

    yellow-red on selenoid small post is the wire that activates the solenoid...when the neutral switch is closed ..when throttle is in NEUTRAL. when that condition is met and the key is put on START the solenoid will get the starter motor to run. Seems to work ok since you have generated...
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    Johnson 4HP questions

    Matt... much to harsh on the 70,s 6hp ... lovely machines with TLC they run forever ! All that saltwater is killing your oldies but up here in the great North with all that fresh water those 6hp last foreever :-) but we don't catch 40-50 pounders much .
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    Johnson 4HP questions

    4hp is for trolling, slow cruising and back up ...not water skiing. !!
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