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    140 Johnson 1989 not running good

    So I just got the motor from the mechanic who changed the reed gasket and charged me 540. He wanted to change the ppower pack because he says it was missing out on cylinder 3, but he wanted to charge 250 more and I told him no I can change the pack myself. So I bought a powerpack for 120 and...
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    1989 johnson 140 VRO?????

    So I just got my boat back from the mechanic who charged 520 dollars and gave me back my boat in the same condition it was before I brought it in. He repaired a reed gasket and changed spark plugs. Great mechanic huh. Then he tells me the motor needs a powerpack. So I replaced the powerpack and...
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    140 johnson 1989 MECHANIC says reed valve

    Recently my motor started giving me trouble. I would be cruising at 35 and all of a sudden it would drop speed to about 25. Kept doing funny stuff like that until one day it jus would sputter in gear and kill. Sometimes it would run but no power, wouldnt get on a plane. But it started fine...
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    1988 Johnson 140 hp, hit or miss????

    This one is kind of hard to explain. The motor starts fine, but sometimes I notice when I rev it up in neutral, it does not rev up all the way. Instead it sounds like a perfect miss and doesnt rev up over 2000 rpm. Almost as if there is something preventing it from reving up high. When it...
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    140 johnson prop question????

    I have a 17 foot chris craft ski boat just recently repowered with 140 johnson 1988. Runs like a top. Anyway the motor I took off is a 110 johnson. I noticed with the 140 it was actually slower (about 36mph) so I checked the prop. It had a 15 pitch, so I took the prop off my 110 and tried it...
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    140 Johnson prop question

    Just repowered my 17 foot chris craft ski boat. Had a 110 johnson upgraded to 140. The prop on the 140 was a 15 pitch and was only goin about 36mph so I put the prop on from the 110 which is 19 pitch and boat went 42mph. I just bought a brand new 23 pitch prop thinkin I would go about 48mph...
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