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    1995 Johnson 70 Horrible Idle

    Hey, I finally was able to find some time to get this old motor started and after replacing the stator and power pack it now sounds like it’s hitting a rev limiter when I start it. I’ve never seen this before so am somewhat at a loss for what to do. When I pull the top cylinder plug it will run...
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    1995 Johnson 70 No Spark

    I have a 1995 Johnson 70 with no spark. Long story short I was working on the carbs, dropped a bolt and stupidly tried to fish it up with a copper wire I had nearby. Something ark’ed on the motor around the power pack area and there was a small spark. Since then I’ve had no spark. Since my...
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    1998 Mercury 115 Misfire at Idle

    I recently went to launch my boat with a 1998 Mercury 115 2 stroke and it started fine but would die after about 10 seconds of idle. I could hear that it was clearly misfiring so I checked compression and spark today and the compression on all four cylinders is within 5 psi of 120 and the spark...
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