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    Water leak Lower unit

    Hi all. Johnson 70 1978....On the lake motor started bogging down and smoking white smoke. I noticed water coming out of the two upper exhaust ports (top of lower unit) and the water was hot. When I got the motor it had a bad head gasket which I replaced and motors been fine for 3 yrs. Thought...
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    Can't get 'er up!

    1972 12' Glassmaster w/1978 70-hp Johnson OB- I'm having a hard time getting the boat to plane. It just chugs along at full throttle but won't plane unless I move forward in the boat. I tried to move the tilt angle and this worked but at full speed the motor over-revs like the prop isn't all...
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    Transom Mount Steering Cable

    I need to replace the steering cable on an old boat. The boat has a transom mount cable . The cables I looked at online only seem to have 1 connector on them as mine has 2( by connector I mean the screw on part that secures the cable to the helm).My old cable has 2 , 1 to connect to the helm and...
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