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    boat steering

    this is kind of a weird situation, i have never seen a boat act like this. i have a stratos bass boat with a johnson 150 on it. while operating the boat moving forward, it steers just fine. but for instance, when i pull it off the trail to park it at the dock and when i am pulling away from...
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    power trim tilt

    on my johnson 150hp motor this morning i went outside and herd the trim tilt motor running, so i discconected the batter to it. now last night we did get about 2 inches of rain and it was not covered because i was planning to go out in the morning. i took a hair drying to the switch on the...
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    packing grease into bearings

    i need to go and pack new grease in my boat trailer axles. are there any diagrams that any can me about or is it pretty self explanitory when ever you get in there. i have never had to do it before, this is why i am asking, thanks
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    '90 johnson service manual

    ive got a 1990 johnson 150 hp v-6 motor on my boat. I need to purchase a service manual for it. is there anywhere that i could find a service manual for that excact year and HP or do you just have to get a generic one. i think the one that i have is like a 1983-1990 or something like that...
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    1990 johnson vro?

    I have a johson v-6 a50 hp motor. right now i have a vro pump on, and i do not have any against mixing my own gas, i have heard that on older engines like the one that i have that it is best just to take the vro pump off and mix your own gas. But if you do that, is there a fuel only pump that...
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    What is WOT

    I do not want to sound stupid, but i am new to boating and everywhere on here i go i am seeing WOT. please somebody tell me what is WOT
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    hot foot

    recently, i went and purchased a used a 1993 278 stratos with a 1990 johnon v-6 150 hp. my question is that it came with a hotfoot, but not hooked up. i think that i would like to have it hooked up becuase the way that i have been taught is to have one hand on the steering wheel and one on the...
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    starter problems

    i got a 1990 gt 150 hp v-6 johnson. every once in a while when i go to start the motor, most of the time it occurs after the motor dies on me, when i go to start the engine i turn the key, and i do not know the currect turms, but at piece of the starter is suppose to go up and turn the flywheel...
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    johnson 150 hp dies in idle

    I have a 1990 johnson gt a50 hp v-6. when ever i start the engine, i have to emediately put the lever in neutral and throttle it up, and then when i am ready to take off i have to center the throttle control and emediatly put it in gear. otherwise the engine will die. Sometimes this takes a...
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    boat manual

    I am looking for a manual for a 1993 Stratos 278 boat. Just curious if anyone would know any website or anywhere to look. I am not great on finding things on the internet. Any help at all would greatly be appreciated, thanks
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    ignition kill switch

    I have a 1993 stratos 278 with a johnson v-6 150 hp outboard on it. and my question is on this boat, should the motor run with out the switch on it, or is this one that if you were to fall you that it will snap off and remove the key killing the engine. i bought this boat used. i do not...
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    vro problem

    I went and purchased a 1996 stratos 278 with a 1990 150 HP outboard motor. My question is on the vro pump. when ever i squeeze the ball on either the fuel side or the oil side, oil and/or fuel will come of between the electronic alarm circuitry and the oil pump system. i am sure that it is...
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