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    1985 Johnson 140 losing power

    About 4 months ago I bought a motor from a guy on craigs list. He started it up for me and did a compression check---all good 120 per cylinder. I put it on my boat and off I went, sort of. When I shifted in reverse to get off the dock, the boat went forward, and of course when I shifted in...
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    1978 Johnson 140 Fuel problem???

    I posted about a week ago about my 140 losing power. I thought it was a 73 model but turns out it's 78. I went out the other night armed with my timing light, (as per the suggestion) when the motor started bogging down, I checked the spark on all 4 cylinders--all was good. I noticed that the...
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    What year is it?????

    I recently bought a johnson 140, I was told it was a 1973 model. But I stood corrected in a earlier post. Of course I did'nt get a book with it. How can I found out the year,. and where would the serial # be found. Thanks for your help. Dan
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    1973 Johnson 140 loses power

    I recently repowered with a 1973 140 johnson. The first time I took it out it ran great, until I would turn the boat, it would slow down, when I straightend out it ran fine. The next time out it would thottle up and plane out--after a couple minutes it would slow down to approx 2500 rpm from...
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