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    Trim Cylinder Sending unit

    Ok, I think I have found out why the trim has been acting up on the boat. I found the sending unit that attaches to the Cylinder Assy. laying behind the cylinder when we were removing the motor. Now, I don't know how the unit attaches to the cylinder and would like to know if I just need to...
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    Motor Swap Questions

    My brother inlaw and I are swaping out my 1985 60Hp VRO motor for his 197? 55hp seahorse and we just have a few questions on some parts. We are going to leave the bracket that mounts to the transom from my motor and we need to know how to take out the tube that holds the motor to the bracket...
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    Is my 1985 Johnson 60hp worth fixing?

    I just got a call from the repair guy and one cyl. is fine but the other one has lost 50% compression. Is it worth me fixing the other cyl myself and is it very hard? I have the book and I was just thinking that it maybe something I can do myself. Thanks Wade
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    Another power tilt question.

    How can I troubleshoot the issue with the power tilt to determin what is causing the issue with the motor going back down on its own after I tilt it up. I have put fluid in it but from here I don't know what to do next to find out where the problem is. Any help would be great. Thanks Wade
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    Fishing Sanibel Fl

    Does anybody know of some good areas to fish around Sanibel? My dad and I are going to take the boat out there for our first time and I don't want to spend the day just looking for places. My dad wants to troll and I would like to know if this is a good area to troll and what bait should be...
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    Power Trim Motor or Shaft issues, not sure.

    Ok, the trim motor will trim the motor up but as soon as some pressure is put on it either when it is in the water or sitting out under its own weight it will lower. I would like to know what troubleshooting tips I need to take to see if I just have a leaking seal or is the motor bad. If the...
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    I am happy now, it is running again!!!!

    Ok, got the boat back from the shop today took it right to the river and it started up again and we went down the river but: We were WOT and it was running good about 27mph GPS reading and then it slowed down like you came off the gas but we didint. We back of the gas and got it to a point to...
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    1985 60Hp Remote Control

    We just got the boat out of the shop and they said that it is running fine now, but the remote control is in bad shape. You can start the boat in gear and it is just in bad shape. I would like to know where I can get a used one or if anybody here has one for sale. I am not sure where to post...
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    Which one is my stator?

    I know this is a hot topic but, I don't understand which one is my stator is it the one with the brown and brown/yellow wires or the one with the 3 yellow wires? I bought the one which said stator which is the one with the brown and brown/yellow wire. It worked for a few cranks and then we...
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    1985 60hp had spark then had no spark. Need spark back help

    We replaced the stator and found out that the metal washer that came with the new one from CDI we did not need and we did not know that until we put the new one on and it fired a few times and then slug the washer out from under the flywheel. Now with that being said we replaced the power...
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    New Stator Took a Dump!

    This is going to be a long one but, by the end it will cover what had happened and what is happing now. Ok, my buddy to my boat out and got about a mile down the river and the boat shut down he tried to get it started again and nothing. So, I brought it home and noticed the rod linkage was...
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    One of these parts should help for no fire issue

    We have a 1985 Johnson 60hp and it ran fine for about 2 months and then one day we took it out and got about 2mil down the river and it just shut off and would not start. We took it home and still would not start. Took a plug out to see if we were getting spark and we were not. After reading...
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    Stator Issue

    We are having issues with spark on our 1985 Johnson 60hp VRO and I want to go ahead and replace the stator, powerpak and coils. I have found everything except for the stator. I have the part number from a site but I am not sure if it is right. Every other stator I have seen looks a lot...
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    Testing the Stator on my 1985 Johnson 60hp VRO

    Ok, I am going to pick the boat up from the shop today and bring it home and test the stator myself becuase I don't have enough money for the guy to work on it any further. Now I can test the brown wire from the stator from the canon plug right? I just unplug the canon plug and put the prob on...
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    Selco Manuals?

    Are these good service manuals? I hope so becuase I bought one and it should be here next Tues. Thanks Wade
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    Power Pak testing

    I just talked to the boat guy and he says that my power pak may be bad and I was just woundering if there is a way to test the pak before I buy one. There is no fire and it is a 1985 Johnson 60Hp and I would like to know if there is a way to test it. I just don't want to buy one if that is not...
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    Ok it is going to the shop

    We have decided to take it to the shop and I will doing that this afternoon but I just have a question. One when my buddies took it out they said they hit a couple of good waves and that is when it shutdown. Now with that being said is there anyway that the motor could have jumped time? I say...
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    How to test stator

    Ok, I think I have found the wire I am supposed to test but, I don't understand how to test it. I found that I should test the brown wire and I don't get how to test the connection for ohm I know how to use the DVM but where do I test the wire at as for as being not very easy to test. I took...
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    No Spark on 1985 60hp VRO motor

    Ok guys we have and issue here. We took the boat out today and it we were moving along pretty good and then the motor shut off like it had no gas. We checked the like and the filter and all is good there. We brought the boat home and check for spark and we are not getting anything. What...
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    Trim seals

    I don't know if this is the right place to look but we are having a problem with the motor staying trimmed. We can trim it and then it will lower itself down. We were just woundering if there are some seals in the two cylinders we can replace or something like that. Thanks Wade
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