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    Cavitation or spun prop ?

    Hi, Just trying out my new boat (older 40hp johnson motor on 15ft boat), when on a nice run today and everything was going great on the way for about 45 min. On the way back at higher speed and rpms, It felt like a slipping clutch in a car where the rpm of the motor would shot up but the boat...
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    overheating.. 40hp Johnson mid 80s - questions

    Hi everyone. So, I have a new to me motor, it seems to run fine but the overheat alarm is sounding mostly when i slow down to a crawl after a run, or sometimes while idle for long and then start out slow. It doesn't normally do this when out giving it some gas. So the motor looks good all...
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    BC, Canada - Just bought cheap boat, no bill of sale and seller won't return calls.

    So I just bought a boat off a guy that was sitting in a parking lot down the street. It is a fixer upper for $600, anyways I don't know much about buying a boat, so we went to ICBC to insure the trailer and I thought that was all there was to it, I got a gift letter for the trailer as he threw...
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    help to identify modle and year by partial serial numbers (warn sticker)

    Hi ! I have a new to me Johnson, what I think is 60 - 70 hp, mix your own oil in the gas outboard the owner said was "mid 80s" the best i can get the numbers off the sticker, as it is warn out, are as follow : Model # E40AELCC8 (the last few numbers are hardest to read) and Serial...
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    sorry, last post confusing. Overheat buzzer sounds, stops when i play around with key

    Ok, so my last post doesn't make sense really and I don't know how to erase it. My issue - 1985 Johnson 60hp outboard. The alarm in the control center is buzzing solidly as to warn of overheating motor, the buzz goes away when i giggle the ignition key and kind of turn it slightly. Wonder if...
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    Johnson 1985 60hp - warning buzzer goes off, but away when fiddle key

    Hello fellow boaters, I am Pat from BC Canada ! Maybe you can help me ? I have a new to me Johnson 1985 60hp ( give or take a year) The warning buzzer located in the Control center is buzzing on me, I think this means the motor might be overheating, I didn't know that at the time, but the...
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