Re: 1972 25hp Johnson wont stay running
I was on Barney's boat when we had the '72 Johnnyrude running and wanted to provide some additional information that will hopefully help out.
The motor probably hasn't been run in 2+ years as the previous owner had bought a larger boat that he used the last 2 years or so.
It came with a 1967 14' Cadillac boat and trailer(pictures of boat and outboard can be seen by clicking on the link for pics in my signature, click on1967 Cadillac boat to see barney's rig).
The good news is that he got a great deal on the package and the boat is extremely rare and classic.
The gas tank, hose and primer bulb seem to work fine. When squeezing the bulb you can tell that pressure builds and it seemed to get fuel where it needed to go since we did run the motor for 5-10 minutes. It did not seem like the motor was getting 100% of the fuel that it needs to run WOT however based on our speed, sound of engine, etc.
The sparkplugs have been replaced. Lower unit has been drained and lubed.
It came with an electric starter that was run up to the dash, however that has not turned the motor and we've only been using the pull start over the last 1-2 months to tinker with it.
I know that there are more pertinent details that would help but I am not much of a outboard motor expert either and this is a learning process for me as well. Thanks for the replies...let us know what other pieces of info would help troubleshoot this thing.
