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Most boats will ventilate before the motor is trimmed beyond the transom brackets. You could check yours for this. Load her normally. Cruise straight at a usual speed. Trim up until the prop ventilates. Kill the motor and see how far she is trimmed up.

Sometimes fuel pumps click, however, they are not real loud. Did you remove the spark plugs and rotate the engine with a wrench and feel/listen for the click? You might remove the cowl and start her in a barrel to minimize exhaust noise. Maybe you can isolate the click to a particular part...

Take out the one-way valve in the filler tube and see if it works better.

Yes, that is the trim limit switch. A lot of them are broken by this point and need to be bypassed to use the SPDT PTT switch on the newer controls, vs the original 3 button control panel.

The service manual is very careful to explain how to install the bowl and other screws into the plastic carb bodies, so they do not strip. The procedure is to put the screw into the hole and then turn it CCW until the screw thread matches the existing plastic thread. This avoids stripping...

Gee, what seals did you replace? Unlike Merc's driveshaft seals, Johnnyrude gearcase seals have nothing to do with the waterpump.

Mark, the 115HP IL6 was indeed an 850 with another carb and two more cylinders, labrinth seal and reed valves. The Mercs were modular in that way. CMC used to make PTT systems for larger HP motors. They may not be the only ones.

I do not think the PCA Premium has the anti-slime ingredient. I also tried Micron which did not work as well.

I hardly ever shopped in WM since I retired. When I was working there was one near work, for lunchtime shopping. Now, I order from Amazon and others, unless I need to "touch" the item first to see if it works. They also used to have good in-store sales on fishing gear. That seemed to have...

Those motors when tilted, leaked fuel out of the carb throats. The fuel sat in the lower cowling fuel drain "pan" until the motor was tilted down and then leaked into the water. Most of the time, you needed to reprime. The PTT system on the 50HP motor is a bit different than the one original...

What is wrong with the plastic carbs? Other than replacing the carb bowls once, I have had no issue with the ones on my '98 Johnny 150HPV6.

The original PTT control was a rectangular panel with three push buttons. The middle button trimmed the motor up. Pushing the top and middle buttons together, tilted the motor up. The lower button tilted (or trimmed) the motor down. The original PTT unit could trim the motor under full...

Is it just a full wave rectifier or is it a VR?

I had the throttle stick in my '98 Johnny. The spring which closed the throttle had gotten dirty and stuck the throttle open. You might check for such a thing.

The size and quality of the screen drives most of the cost of the FF units. You will want the largest display you can afford. The good news is that a lot of FF become discontinued (replaced by newer models), and have large discounts on them. Garmin usually has built-in maps. You might see if...

Gee, who has tow boats on your body of water? That is who you should go with IMO. Here BoatUS has a lot more tow boats than SeaTow. I am not sure I saw any other tow boat companies, so I go with BoatUS

Gee, what do the parts diagram at a place like crowleymarine list for replaceable components? In the 80's one could get parts for automotive alternators. like brushes and diode bodies. Not sure what is avail now.

Why not look on the parts list for both manual and PT motors, on a site like crowleymarine. If the triple clamp and the transom clamps are the same on both, you might just be able to add the PTT module.

The quick connects often fail. I had to fix the quick connect ign power wire on my '77 in the mid 90's. I eventually needed to replace it entirely.

Glad it worked out. Next time will be easier..... On those IL6 motors, keep the fuel fresh and the waterpump in good shape and don't lug the engine, and they will run well and long. It is the overheat and lean running that kills 'em.