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    2007 tohhatsu mfs5b

    Hello. I. Scratching my head here. Bought this motor used. Looks so clean and new. Tank had a few gallons of gas that still smelled fine. I added an extra 3 gallons of fresh. Gave it a couple pulls and she started right up. Ran her up the canal for a few minutes then it died. Cant start...
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    2006 2 stroke 8hp carb

    Hi all. I let my newly acquired motor vaje in the Florida sun for a month with gas in carb so she wouldn't start. A quick clean and she started first pull. This is the first time I pulled the carb. I noticed the float bowl DOES NOT lie parallel to the bowl. Is this a problem? This is the...
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    Minn kota endura 30 problem

    Just bought used at garage sale for $5. In forward it goes backward and vice versa. Yes I am sure positive is on positive and neg on neg. This guy told me he opens it periodically to maintain it. Could he have switched something? Also, if he did switch something can I just go red to black?
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    Electric start problem

    Hey folks, I searched but can't find a thread on this. I have 1985 15hp evinrude. Battery is charged and new, runs great and started with push button great. Last couple times I used it would not try to engage starter. Sometimes if I shifted back and forth it would work. Now nothing works...
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    1985 johnson cam follower adjustment with pic.

    just bought this motor, 85 rude 15hp and she seems real slow, could this be the reason? I cant find anywhere that states how to adjust.
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    1985 Evinrude 15hp Quits running after 10 seconds

    Thanks in advance. Here I go again. Bought engine yesterday and of course it was supposed to run perfectly. hooked up to battery and same thing every time. runs about 10 seconds. seems to rev to high and then dies. I can repeat a few times but eventually flood her I think. I took off old...
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    Advice. Good deal?

    Guy will sell for 2200 but does not know make of hull. Engine is 1980. 14" Boat - 40HP - Trailer I'm looking for something that's easy on gas that I can fish on while my wife reads. I fish in Florida saltwater, inshore
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    15hp '87 johnson suddenly no spark.

    Start and stopped the motor on the water a good dozen times the other day. Then pulled a 1000 times with no luck. In my garage now with a new rewind starter(broke rope) replaced and I see I do not have spark in either cylinder. Here is what I know. ?Broke my tiller handle, not sure if it...
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    1987 15hp johnson rewind starter

    when i pull the rope after tear apart and reinstall their is not enough tension to in the spring to retrieve it, Is their a certain number of counter clockwise rotations I can make to correct this. The manual has me confused. Thanks in advance
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    Is this boat going to kill me?

    Re: Is this boat going to kill me?
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    Is this boat going to kill me?

    :eek: finally restored my johnson 15hp for my 13.5 fiberglass boat. Took it out and it is scary on this bought. i weigh 250 lbs. This boat has no problem getting me on plane but when it does it starts slamming up and down n the water I can actually feel the fiberglass flexing like a wave...
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    15 hp water pump

    Hey folks. Did my first water pump impeller. I have a steady stream from lower cowling nipple only, only air and a little drop or two from pee hole. I have tested it with muffs and in a tank. J15rcud. Please help
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    1 post to cover all '88 johnson

    1. Motor runs in start position for 30 sec to a minute then stops. Hard to restart then the same. This is in test barrel. 2. Replaced bad impeller. Rest of pump was in perfect condition. Now I get steady streams from a nipple and a hole on the bottom of the cover but very, very little from...
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    88 johnson 15hp seat placement

    Waiting on some parts to finish my Johnson rebuild but in the meantime would like my ride more comfortable. I raised my seat a couple inches and would like to glass it. My question. If I am riding solo on this 14' and I am 250#'s, will I be able to get up on a plane or just stick the front...
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    1985 15hp spark

    Okay guys, standing in a dark garage I pulled couple hundred times. Sometimes no spark in either cylinder, wiggle wires. Sometimes little spark in both, wiggle wires, sometimes great spark in both. Put plugs back, almost starts. Pull plugs. No spark. Wiggle wires etc. Where to start?:confused:
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