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    Overweight motor

    My son put a 100 hp Yamaha four stroke on a 16’ aluminum center consul V bottom rated for a 80 hp, the boat has a lot spray at the transom and the slightest trim up  causes porpoising, any help getting this fixed? Thanks Joe 
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    Older motor & Maintenance Free batteries

    A guy is working on a friends motor, a 2000, 225 HP Johnson, He said a older motor and maintenance free, the stater does not know when to stop charging. Does that sound right
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    Fuel line ???

    I have a 1975 Johnson 115 on a 1987 Skeeter Bass boat, this is probably a dumb question but, what size fuel line do I need? It looks like 5/8 Out and 5/16 inside, the line is in really bad shape to get a good measurement
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    Could it be siezed

    My son just picked up a 1995 boat with a 1995 Mercury 50hp, the guy he bought the boat from said, last he used it was August, motor won't turn over and I couldn't turn it by hand, I believe the guy ad his Dad who said it ran great. Do you think it could sieze up that quick? Anything I can do to...
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    Power Pack Test?

    I have a 1974 Evinrude 115 hp on my boat and another one for parts, I did some simple test that indicate a bad power pack- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpCmu1YuxqI so I replaced the power pack from my parts motor still have no spark to plugs. Does anyone know if you can test a power pack off...
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    Help Please, no spark

    1974 Johnson 115 hp, no spark, found plenty of info, pulled black and yellow wire still no spark. Thats as far as I get, nothing says what to do if you have no spark after pulling black/yellw wire. What should I do next? Any help deeply appreciated. Thanks Joe
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    Hard to get running after warm up

    My son has a 2003 Evenrude 175, starts fine cold, after warm, starts up and stalls out after 10/20 seconds, this will happen maybe 15 times before we get it in gear and take off, and then it runs fine again. Any idea whats wrong? Thanks Joe
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    Old Gas ??

    I have a 1974 115hp Johnson, had it out for the first time this year, had a hi speed miss, the gas is 2 years old, I always use gas Stabilizer, the motor started up fine and idled fine. It was a erratic miss. Thanks Joe
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    louder but not faster HELP PLEASE

    18.5' Bassboat, 1974 Evinrue 115HP, 13-3/4X 15 Aluminum prop, The boats gets on plane supper quick and at about 1/2 throttle it will cruise on plane at about 20mph if I go WOT it just makes more noise but doesn't go any faster, every now and then it seems to kick in, sound better and begins to...
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    High speed jet

    I have a 1974 115hp Evinrude, if I were to take both hi speed jets out, could you look through the hole in the carb and see light coming from other side side of carb? Thanks Joe
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    2003 Johnson175 help

    I have a question about my sons outboard, it's a 2003 175 hp Johnson, it's on a 19.5 foot Nitro bass boat, it starts fine get on plan quick and runs great for about 20 minuets, then starts to bogg down and shake, he can keep it on plane but only like at 1/4 throttle and 25 mph, any idea where to...
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    Tilt & Trim Help Please

    I have a 1987 Skeeter Bass Boat with Johnson controls, the tilt/trim plug is a male 5 pin, with 1Greeen w/ white stripe, 1Red w/white stripe, 1Blue w/white stripe, 1White w/brown stripe, 1Black w/ brown stripe wires. The T/T I'm putting on is a 1974 115hp Johnson with 4 wires, 3 wires that...
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    Two Quick ??

    Hi all, my son is going to look at a 2003 175HP Johnson tomorrow, hes going to do a compression test, could you tell me what kind of numbers he should be looking for? One more quick question for me, what do you guys think of a early 90's 140hp Johnson, were they any good? Thanks Joe
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    1984, 150hp Help Please

    My son blew up a 1994 150HP Johnson, he replaced it with a 1984 150 Johnson, very clean and of course the guy said it ran great, it idles fine it ravs up fine but under a load it boggs down and won't plane.I had a 85hp and my son had a 115with the same problem. I rebuilt the carbs on the 85 and...
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    1984 Evinrude 150

    1984 Evinrude 150 Mod# EISOTLCRD, S/N J0421990, runs great under partial load but breaks down at full throttle, what should I look for first? Thanks
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    Old Tilt & trim

    Put a 1974 Evinrude 115 with Tilt & trim on my sons 19.5' Nitro bass boat, after the boat planes off and at WOT the motor will not tilt up unless he slows down, then keeping it on plane at the slower speed it works fine, anyone know what could be causing this? Sorry for all the questions lately...
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    1974 115hp help

    Need some help guys, just put a 1974 115HP Evenrude on my sons 1994 Nitro Bass Boat, its only a temporary motor till he gets his 150 rebuilt. The guy he got the motor from said he was just out on the river with it a month ago. The motor will rave up fine on muffs but in the water it just boggs...
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    Electric shift years

    I looked on the web but couldn't fine what years Johnson outboards had the electric shift. Anyone know the years they had electric shift? Thanks Joe
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    Johnson Heads

    1994 150 Johnson Fast Strike, my son blew this motor, #2 cyl starboard side, my son took it to a dealer who said 1992 to 1996 had a head problem due to the factory mold they used to make the heads. Has any one heard of this? Thanks Joe
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    Motor advice

    Hi, can anyone tell me anything good or bad about this motor, I looked on the web but really couldn't fine anything, it's a 1986 OMC 2.6 Liter 175HP V6 Crossfire outboard. Thanks Joe
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