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    1977 Johnson 85 Hp compression, Flooding

    i got a 1977 Johnson given to me. i was told it needed new jets for the altitude. 5300 feet. it was almost impossible to start and wold take 2 minutes to get up to speed no power at all. i did a compression test and it had 75 psi all 4 cylinders. i put new standard rings in, full gasket set...
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    77' Evinrude 85 Hp. flooding

    i got a 1977 evinrude 85 Hp V4. i got the boat and it had 70 PSI compression on all cylinders very hard to start and no power. after sitting in my yard for about 2 yeats, i did a rebuild new rings, gaskets, floats, and seats on carbs, no i have 90 PSI on all cylinders its starts easily but...
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    78 Tower of Power mercury 900 keeps diying

    I got a 1978 Mercury 900 Tower of power a while back and had no spark issues. I fond out that the Switch was bad. I got a new switch and it ran like a charm for about 2 weeks. then one afternoon on plane the engine died. and would not start and stay running. it will start and it idles way ruff...
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    78 merc. 90HP no spark

    hi I have been reading on several forms about the no spark on the 78 merc. 900 90HP inline 6. I found several forms talking about removing the 3 wires from the switch box and jumping the white and brown wire then removing the coil wire to ground it to test the trigger. the all say what it is...
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