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    Boat with Engine $500 Hmm..

    By the looks of the fishing line on the lower unit you have to wonder if the previous owner looked at it or did maintenance ?----Yes they are a nice / simple / easy to maintain motor.-----Even the electric shift / reliable is simple for me.
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    Boat with Engine $500 Hmm..

    A 40 HP electric shift is not a rare motor !!-----They built lots of them.
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    1984 starcraft islander

    I would do a complete inspection before deciding on materials and a path forward.
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    Boat with Engine $500 Hmm..

    Motor will need a complete evaluation before spending beer tokens on it.---Compression test.-----Ignition coils.----Carburetor clean.-----New impeller ----Type C-gear oil ( premium blend ) for lower unit.-----Oil container must say " for electric shift " on it.
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    Boat with Engine $500 Hmm..

    It was a wonderful motor when new.----Electric shift with generator.-----Model # is found above the transom clamps or on the starboard transom bracket.----Find it and post it.-----There could be a lot of work to make the boat usable.
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    1984 starcraft islander

    The engines are 1984 model I believe.-------Post the compression test values.-----They will need new impellers before the season starts.---Oil injection system ( if equipped with that ) must be checked before roaring away from the ramp.-----These are wonderful simple motors in my opinion.
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    TRS sterndrive maintenance

    When my Scarab was 17 years old it needed a new transom and stringer work.
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    Battery question

    Drove my pick-up home one day for just over an hour.-----Tried to start it 20 minutes later and not a chance.----New battery solved it.
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    1985 evinrude E20CRCO misfire

    These coils are very reliable.-----Plentiful good used ones in my area.----Dealers don't bother to remove them from parts motors that I have picked up.
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    Why Oil Injection?

    People invent new ways to destroy 2 stroke motors every day.------The concept of 2 strokes / mixing gas and oil / lubrication is not well understood by some.
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    Help! 1968 33 HP Evinrude

    The early 175 V-6 used 2 pumps in series.----The pumps operate with PRESSURE pulses.-----A different spring will give the whole pump a different part #.----Same as powerpacks , many of them have different part numbers simply because wires are a different length.
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    Johnson 30 hp

    That decal scheme ( black upper part ) was only used in 89 and 90 model years
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    Battery question

    Step #1 would be to clean connections.----If that fails have the battery load tested.
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    Johnson 30 hp

    That plug on front is screwed in snug.---IT is an orifice plug.-----It meters air and is NOT adjustable.----Mixture adjustment screw is on an angle , adjust as needed.----Compression is excellent and even as it should be on any modern motor !
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    Johnson 30 hp

    Looks like a 1989 / 1990 model to me.-----Water pump impeller would be the first item to look for.----Parts are the same year after year on these.------Why do you feel a need to attack the carburetor.----Very little can or goes wrong with them.-----Post the compression numbers if you like for...
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    Why Oil Injection?

    We live in a time of CONVENIENCE.-----People want / demand convenience in this day and age.-----Factories build / sell what people take out of the show rooms.------Outboards are now very complex and many folks will find out that convenience cost big $$$$.----Some use mixing systems.----Some...
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    Johnson 30 hp

    A picture of the cowling if original may help you to get a year.
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    Starter noise and play between terth

    As clearly stated I have seen that before !!------Many folks will have that issue.-----Make sure you get a good replacement.-----Your location ?
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    1994 Johnson 115hp, V4…Tilt Trim question?

    Good luck with your motor.
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    Johnson 1981 115 Top Bearing Replacement

    You asked whether it can be removed.----And I say it can be.----Simple as that.
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