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    rotted hull walls

    I have a mid 80s 15' Seaswirl. Over the weekend, I noticed some rot in the plywood surrounding the foam bulkheads by the transom. Then I noticed lots of rot on the plywood on the sides of the hull. Today I removed the seats and carpet and ripped out all the rotten ply. It was pretty bad...
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    Good news to report about '69 Johnson 4 hp

    Thanks to some good advice from Rick. and DJ, this old gal started right up on the 3rd pull and happily putters along. As per Rick's advice, I replaced the fuel pump and lines. This cost around $40. Per DJ's advice, I rebuilt the carb (again) and replaced the float. The float did turn out...
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    '77 Johnson 4hp dies after start

    I did a major rebuild recently. The little guy starts fine and will run for about a minute, then surge and sputter out. If I pump the gas tank bulb when it starts to surge, it will settle down for about another minute. I recently rebuilt the carb and fuel pump. I also did the head gasket...
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    Black goo dripping from prop--OK?

    Hi all Another dumb newbie question: I hope that it's normal to have black oily stuff dripping from the prop. I assume this is from the exhaust? The lower unit lube is still golden--not milky at all. I don't remember seeing this before, but those were in the blissful days before engine...
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    Time for link and sync on '82 70hp Johnson?

    Hi all Here's another newbie question. Thanks to the helpful folks on this forum, I got my motor running yesterday. After the carb rebuild it now runs a little rough in idle. This is in the driveway with the muffs on. Since I don't see any adjustable needles on my carbs, how do I...
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    Fuel problems on 1982 Johnson 70

    Hi all Thanks everyone for the excellent advice I've gotten so far. This is an unbelievable resource. I recently rebuilt my carbs and fuel pump ( this was after the motor failed to start on an overnight camping trip. Four hours back on the kicker. Lucky for me the weather was good and the...
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    '82 70hp won't start after carb rebuild

    I'm at my wits end with this old gal. I just finished with a complete carb and fuel pump rebuild. After I reassembled everything, I tried to start her up, but got nothing. No solenoid click even. Since all the electrical stuff was working before the carb job, I'm wondering if I could have...
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    tilt/trim troubles on '82 Johnson 70

    I'm having a couple of perplexing problems with the tilt/trim on my motor: 1) The previous owner had the trim switch wired to some sort of manual relay, then to the switch on the controls. It worked OK but you have to hold both buttons down just right to get it to work. I would really like to...
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