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    90 hp evinrude tilt/trim issues

    Hi all. My 86 90 hp evinrude has a funny problem with the tilt/trim feature. Whenever I tilt the motor up to the trailer position, the trim rams are fully extended, which I assume is normal. The problem occurs when I try to lower the motor after launching when i press the trim down button one...
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    rectifier compatability.

    I'm trying to get my tach working and i think i may have a rectifier on the fritz. The motor is a 1986 evinrude 90 hp with tilt/trim. The battery voltage doesn't change when the motor is running and the tach won't move. It's a brand new tach and its wired correctly so i know that is not a...
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    My tilt/trim unit is really slow.

    Hey guys, I had the boat out for the first time tonight and i noticed that the tilt/trim unit is really slow to move. The electric motor runs fine but it has to run for 10 or 15 seconds before it starts to move the motor. either up or down it seems to take forever to start to move, once it...
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    Will my 150 hp controls work on my 90 hp?

    So i blew up my 86 150 hp johnson on my 17 ft Doral. While I am in the process of rebuilding the 150 I thought i might be able to put my 86 90 hp evinrude on that hull so I won't miss any of our short boating season. Are the electrical and throttle controls the same for each motor or will i have...
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    Johnson specialty tool.

    I'm in the process of rebuilding my 1986 johnson 150 hp after a serious overheating and i have run across a few things in my manual that have my worried. My motor has precision ground connecting rods and my manual says that i need a special tool to properly align the rod end caps. Is this...
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    How can I tell?

    How can I tell if my motor is a commercial motor? It's a 1986 Johnson 150 hp. I don't have the model number here with me. Is there another digit or number in the model number that signifies commercial?
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    Is this the book I want?

    I'm looking on eBay for manuals for my outboards, a 1986 evinrude 90 hp and a 1986 Johnson 150 hp. I found this manual http://cgi.ebay.com/1986-Johnson-Evinrude-60-thru-225-HP-Service-Manual-/190491622248?pt=Motors_Manuals_Literature&hash=item2c5a2f7b68 and I am wondering if this manual is the...
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    A strange electrical issue.

    I'm working on getting my 86 johnson 150 hp j150tlcdc tuned up and its coming along nicely. I wanted to hook up a tach to tweak it some more but I seem to have some funny electrical problems. When I got the boat it wouldn't shut off unless I turned the key off and then pushed the key in...
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    Recirculation valve help

    Hi folks. Ok I'm almost done tinkering on my johnson 150 hp j150tlcdc. I still can't figure out the recirculation system routing. I found 3 bad valves but the hoses are what's baffling me some of the hoses have been cut and plugged and I'm not sure where they go. Does it really matter? As long...
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    recirculation tubes disconnected = poor idle?

    I finally got my 86 johnson working good, but i still have a problem with it refusing to idle in the water, but fine on the trailer. In the process of cleaning the carbs and replacing the fuel pump and lines I noticed that the p/o had blocked off the recirculating system. the hoses were cut and...
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    crossflow or looper?

    hey folks. I bought a 17 ft doral this spring with an 86 johnson 150 hp j150tlcdc. the motor wasn't running when i bought it but i got it working pretty good now, with the exception of a poor idle. Is this motor a crossflow or a looper and whats the difference between them?
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    Trouble starting in the water?

    I finally got my 86 Johnson 150hp running well enough to take to the river for her sea trials. I launched the boat and tried to start the motor but it wouldn't start even though it started with the slightest touch of the key on land. The only way I got it to start was to lift the prop out of the...
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    Float bowl interchange ?

    I have an 86 Johnson 150 hp and one of the float bowls is damaged. Will the bowl off of any omc 2 barrel carb work or does it need to be off of a 150?
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    Pulse valve question

    So I'm working on my" new to me " 86 150 Johnson, and I've got a problem. I can get it to start on a spray bottle of premix and it will run with the cold start lever up, but stalls out when I put the lever down. There doesn't seem to be very much fuel in the float bowls but the floats are the...
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    Model identification chart

    Is there some where on this forum that has a chart to look up engine years and models? I have a Johnson 150 hp, the welsh plug reads j150tlcdc. Does anybody know what year this motor is? I'd like to find a chart because my dad has a bunch of old boat motors in his barn and I'd like to identify...
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    Hose identification

    I have a 1987 Johnson 150 hp engine. I bought it with the carbs off and I noticed that behind the carbs there are a bunch of small small hoses going to small brass nipples. These nipples are threaded into the reed block. Some of these hoses are not hooked to anything and one of them even looks...
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    87 Johnson 150 hp vro amputation.

    Hey folks, I've got an 87 150 hp Johnson and I want to completely remove the vro system, pump lines and all. Does anyone know if I can just put on a diaphragm pump on and call it a day. What kind of flow rate am I looking for? Is there an omc part number that I can just give to the parts guy...
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    what do you do if you disable the vro?

    After reading alot of posts on this site condemning vro pumps and running premix i have a few questions. What do you do if your boat runs a built in tank? I recently purchased a 17 foot Doral with a 150 hp evinrude with vro. Everything is there and the system was functioning the last time the...
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    How much output?

    Hey folks, It's been a while since I've posted here, but I have Been lurking. So I want to put a bad azz sound system in my old scow this winter but I don't want to overwhelm my motors generating capacity. The motor is an 86 evinrude 90hp. What kind of electrical output do these motors have...
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    looking at a 150 Johnson. But....

    I have a chance to buy a 17 ft Doral with a 150 johnson for a smokin hot price. But there are a few things the seller told me that sent up some red flags. He told me that he had running three weeks ago after it sat for more than a year, it ran for a minute then quit, I never asked him if he...
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