outboart

erick16x

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MY BROTHER JUST GIVE ME HIS OLD BOAT. YHE MOTOR IS A 68' JONHSON 85H V4 I KNOW I HAVE TO SERVICE THE MOTOR AND I CALL THE SHOPS IN MY AREA AND THEY DON'T SERVICE THAT YEAR. THE MOTOR STAR<br />AND RUN BUT HAVE NOT BEEN USE IN TEN YEARS WHAT<br />WOULD BR THE BASIC SERVICE TO BE DONE
 

Greg Lawrence

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Re: outboart

YOU NEED TO WASH EVERYTHING OUT WITH CARBORATOR CLEANER, PUT SOME NEW GAS AND OIL, CLEAN THE CARBORATORS OUT GOOD, SOMETIMES CHANGE THE LINES IF THEY ARE WEAK AND ROTTING. THEN SOMETIMES THEY NEED A NEW WATER PUMP IMPALER. AFTER THAT YOU PUT SOME OIL IN THE PLUGS HOLES AND TURN THE MOTOR WITH YOUR HAND SOME. THEN YOU CAN START THE KEY AND IT MIGHT WORK, IF ITS TOO OLD AND HAS RUST MAYBE NOT. IT HAS A CHANCE I THINK.
 

sloopy

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Re: outboart

MY BROTHER JUST GIVE ME HIS OLD BOAT. THE MOTOR IS A 68' JONHSON 85H V4. I KNOW I HAVE TO SERVICE THE MOTOR AND I CALL THE SHOPS IN MY AREA AND THEY DON'T SERVICE THAT YEAR. THE MOTOR STARTS AND RUNS BUT HAS NOT BEEN USED IN TEN YEARS, WHAT WOULD BE THE BASIC SERVICE TO BE DONE
Ok you will need to change the impellor, greese all fittings, get a manual, and get new gas.! good luck, don't forget the carbarator!
 
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