Re: 2006 Johnson 8hp?
Ok so I did get it this morning. I had a selection of about 15 motors. I picked the american (candian, I think but you know what I mean) built motor with the best paint. I think it is a 2004, still haven't checked it. It is a 2 stroke. Anyway he gave us the motor, and a full tank of gas. We drove to our boat took off the inflatable, and dropped it on the transom. It started as soon as i figured out I had to pump some gas. It ran as I drove it around the marina, and to a bridge close by, then back to the dock. I then drove it to a big area of open water and was just about to let it rip when it bogged down and shut off- three times. The wind was a good 20-25 mph today too, so I had to paddle diagonal to a random dock. I killed it, sat for a few minutes and it started right up. I took it back to the dock and then left,got some bait and fished. It died on the way back but the wind blew me right back anyway. It bogged down one more time but I tried pumping the gas and I think it worked. Is that the problem? Or like a bad fuel pump? Also I was backing it up hard to try and get on the other side of our stuck anchor (very hard when there's wind pushing the other way) and smoke started coming out of the pee hole. I knew it was bad so I killed it. Then I started it again and it worked. I brought it home and in the trash can it worked, but it didn't pee the first time I started it. Also, what is the knob on the end of the throttle? It seemed to make the throttle response quicker. And finally what is the knob with a hole in it on the tiller before the throttle.
