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    1971 johnson 125 electric shift questions

    Motor running, 12 volts to knife connectors green wire N, green-blue-R, no voltage-F, will not shift, took lower unit off, opened solenoid housing cover, took solenoids out to check for bad wires and noticed lower unit oil approx 2-1/2 inches from top of solenoid cover, lower solenoid would have...
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    1971 Johnson 125 hp thermostats

    Can the thermostats on a 71-125 johnson be removed and discarded without problems?
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    1968 mercury 3.9 piston

    Recently acquired a 68 3.9 mercury not running. After removing spark plug and inspecting piston through plug hole I noticed a perfect hole dead center in piston. looked at another 3.9 and it had the same small hole. Is this a piston design for that year, or have I seen 2 bad pistons? Thanks for...
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    71 Johnson 125 lower unit seal direction

    Getting ready to install a hard to find seal kit in electric shift lower unit. Talked to many mechanics about seal direction and got several conflicting answers. Service manual says back to back in prop shaft housing and driveshaft bearing housing. Should the side of the seal where spring can be...
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    Impeller replacement 1971 125 johnson

    Can't find much information on impeller replacement. Does anyone know if powerhead needs to be removed .
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    72 -70 HP timing issue

    Recently purchased a 1972- 70 hp, someones unsuccesfull project. Cleaned carbs, changed CDI, Set points to .014 and it fired up . Took it out and no acceleration with the throttle,took the hood off and accelerated by moving linkage and the motor screamed full throttle back to the dock. Adjusted...
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    1971 125 hp shifter search

    Recently acquired a 71 125 johnson in fantastic condition with great compression with a big problem, somebody cut the plug off of the wiring harness of the motor. All I have is 10 wires. Havn't had much luck finding a shifter. Does anyone know if the original shifter had a 10 wire plug? Is it a...
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    powerhead or piston 68 3.9 mercury

    Have a nice 68 mercury 3.9 with hole in piston. Have recently purchased a used powerhead. Is it easier to change powerhead, or change piston? Thanks Brickster
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    76 mercury 20 swivel bracket interchange

    Having a hard time finding cast piece that houses swivel bracket bushings on 76 merc 20 tiller. There are several out there from earlier 20 hp motors, 71 and up, does anybody know if they will interchange. They look similar. Thanks brickster
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    57 evinrude big twin 35 unknown part

    I have 2 57 evinrude 35's, 1 electric start, 1 manual. The pull start mod.25028-06194 that I'm in the process of restoring, has a part that I can't I.D., that the electric start doesn't have. It is a round diaphram with a black plastic backing plate on the tiller side of the motor. There is a...
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