jpjourdonnais
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- Apr 13, 2025
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I have a 1979 Evinrude 70 (70973R) when I put it in gear and give it throttle, it’s tends to bog down and die, after some finesse with the throttle I can get past it and it runs amazing at WOT. The other thing I noticed is it doesn’t like to idle at low RPM, it takes about 1200-1300 RPM in neutral in the water to keep It running while in gear in the water, if I put it in gear with the idle adjusted any lower, it dies. I’d like to try and get a lower neutral ideally because it shifts really hard at that RPM. It runs great on muffs. I’ve tried choking it and pumping the primer bulb when it stumbles and it makes no difference. It has a 13.75/15 prop on it that’s had the vents added per the OMC SB. It has new ignition coils, a new power pack, new spark plugs, new fuel lines, a good primer bulb. And the carbs have been cleaned recently.