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    Quick Question, please help fast!

    I am about to start the motor for the first time owning it (1977 Johnson 70HP) and the previous owner doesnt even know what oil mixture it is!<br /><br />Is it 50:1 Like I am used to with merc's? Or is it less or more?
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    Battery Smoking! ???

    I got all the controls done today, and i tried turning over the motor. Of course my luck it wouldnt start after spending so much on the new controls for it, but i noticed something strange... The barrety started smoking while it was turning over on the + side terminal.<br /><br />Being that the...
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    Battery Smoking! ???

    I got all the controls done today, and i tried turning over the motor. Of course my luck it wouldnt start after spending so much on the new controls for it, but i noticed something strange... The barrety started smoking while it was turning over on the + side terminal.<br /><br />Being that the...
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    Need help with new throttle controls!

    OK, Dont know if any of you saw my last post, but basically my throttle controls werent working. I dont like the way the old ones looked anyways, so i decided to pick up the bombardier brand new black controls with the converter for the johnson harness. (The motor is a 77 Johnson 70HP Model #...
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    1977 70HP Johnson Controls HELP!

    Hey yall, <br /><br />Just picked up a 15' 1964 Fiberglass Chris Craft with a '77 Johnson 70HP OB on the back for a couple hundred...<br /><br />Problem is the controls are stuck. It goes into foward gear but wont go back into neutral or reverse... seems stuck. Any idea how i can fix this? I...
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    Possible selling my motor...

    I am thinking about selling my 1993 60HP Mercury OB... <br /><br />It runs great, and was run in freshwater its whole life... <br /><br />I dont know how much it is worth, i see comparable motors on ebay and boattrader.com for around 2-3k... do you think I could get that much?<br /><br />Any...
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    Guess what? Im retarted!

    Well, due to my eyes starting to go bad at the old age of 24, I thought my Serial number was OB204109.... <br /><br />But no, it is OD204109, and therefore i bought the wrong plugs, manual and other misc parts..one good thing did come out of this, it means my 60HP Merc is a 1993! (Right? Thats...
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    Quick carb cleaning ***UPDATED W/ VIDEOS***

    I have the carbs apart right now.....and i soaked the bowl and float and all the other stuff in decarbing fluid to get all the varnish off... <br /><br />The clymers manual says to rinse with water and then soak in solvent before reassembly... What's a good solvent?<br /><br />Gasoline?<br...
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    60HP Mariner/Mercury starting probs

    Sorry to make another thread, it is a bit different than the other one.. <br /><br />So today i pulled the brand new NGK plugs i had in there to see if they will tell me what is going wrong with the motor (It starts on high idle, and key is pushed in (priming), but dies after i take prime...
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    Need help with a 60HP Merc Outboard

    Hello,<br /><br />My grandfather passed away and left me a 1975 Crestliner 15' boat.. It has a almost new looking merc 60HP outboard on the back of it, with tilt controls and everything!<br /><br />I am new into boating... and the boat has been sitting throught about 5 years of winters.. I dont...
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