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    No luck on my mid 70's Jonsn Ser #

    I tried to locate the year of my motor from the site that you fine chaps provided, but I cant seem to find any diffinative hits. If had to take a completely un-educated guess I would say it "looks" like something made in the late seventies to early eighties. And I hope I'm right cause I've been...
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    Mossy carpet

    Just wonderin what ya'll had for an opinion on getting rid of and possibly preventing carpet moss. I am assuming that elbow grease and a scrub brush is the only way but I figured I would ask first, I need my elbow for softball tonight.
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    HAPPY 5 YEAR-OLD

    A special thanks to the help from you guys in this site. <br /><br />I had been in here watching the posts for almost 2 months berfore I ever posted one of my own. Looking and learning. I picked up enough to go from knowing nothing, to doing a light/medium rebuild on an old johnson. <br /><br...
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    Reality Check

    1960 Johnson 40h.p.<br />Thought I was in the clear when I re-biuld my first motor and it fired right up.<br />(1st mistake).<br /><br /> After discovering it pumped no water Bear explained that when in a test tub the water level has to be above the PUMP, not just the pick-up. I should have know...
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    NEW PUMP....STILL NO WATER FLOW

    1960 JOHNSON 40h.p. <br />Hello all,<br />I just got done rebuilding my first outboard motor. Everything went fine, motor fires up and hums nicley. Problem is I am still not pumping water. I replaced the impeller and housing. I watched the water pipes line right up and insert when I hooked up...
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    Johnson's been sittin'

    Hello all,<br /><br /> I just bought my 1st boat, a 1976 crest pontoon with a 1960 40hp Johnson.<br />I have never done work on a boat motor before so forgive me I am still new at this. <br /> <br /> The motor has not run in a coulpe years and in doing some reaserch on my own I figured the<br...
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