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    '59 50 hp water flow

    After running about 30 minutes and shutting it off. Would not restart. Found that starboard cylinders were very hot. After cooling off, it restarted and made it back to dock. Removed thermostat and top of thermo housing, replaced impeller and started it immersed in large trash can. Water comes...
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    no forward drive 59 Johnson

    After replacing the impeller on my fat fifty, I have no forward. Have neutral and reverse, shift rods are still connected and it goes into gear-no prop spin except in neutral, motor runs fine. Any ideas what I may have messed up? It shifted fine a few weeks ago. stephen
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    fat fifty point gap

    I am trying to set pt. gap on a '59 50hp Johnson. The manual says pts. should just open when the timing marks align, but when I set the gap to .020, the points have already opened and are starting to close when the marks are aligned. This is true for both sets of pts. Are these pts. wore out or...
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