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    Johnson 85, 1976 v4

    After reving up by hand at carburetor the motor takes for ever to idle back down to proper idle rpm. It idles fine and revs fine, but just doesn't idle down quick enough. How do I fix that.
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    Tip On Marine Grease for the group.

    My Father kept 2 brands of grease for the grease gun. He did this because they were different colors. He would pump the blue color grease, displacing the green color grease to ensure all the old grease and water, if any,was removed. Just a tip, dj
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    JOHNSON 85hp 1976, Battery hooked up backward. What Smoked?

    My Son tells me he hooked up the battery backward and "something smoked under the hood and made a loud hissing sound". After hooking up correctly the motor runs, but has an intermittent weak spark problem causing hard starts when spark is weak. <br /> What would smoke and make a whistling...
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    Hot Spark--- Weak Spark---Hot Spark--- Weak Spark

    Johnson V-4, 85hp 1976. I have a Hot Spark, Weak Spark problem. Sometimes the spark is so hot it jumps 1-1/2" to ground. <br />And then without changing anything, the spark goes weak. The big problem is it seems the weak spark <br />come at the worst time. It usually hapens just before I...
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