Well, after quite awhile lurking I figured it was time for me to join up and start contributing hopefully. I recently aquired a nice little 12' aluminum deep v with a 1970 9.5 hp Johnson. The previous owner gave me a list of reciepts of work that was done last year including water pump change, carb adjustment, and a new thermostat. So I have had this motor running, however not for long. I think it has been plagued by bad gas (the tank has since been emptied and filled with fresh gas/oil). I have been able to pull the top part of the carb off multiple times now to clean the float/needle/throttle/etc. but for the life of me cannot get the lower section off the manifold due to one screw that lies underneath the throttle armature that lies underneath the flywheel. Am I missing something here? It doesn't seem like I should have to remove the flywheel assembly to get to this one screw. Twisting the throttle on the tiller shows enough screw that I can get it loosened, but not enough to get the screw out of the carb body to get it off the engine. Sorry for the long post, can anyone help?
