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    1997 50HP 3cyl coil test question

    J50DTLECA motor My motor will not rev past about 3000rpm (previous thread) and I finally got around to doing some tests (https://forums.iboats.com/threads/97-50hp-3cyl-will-not-rev-past-3000.767953/) Using a inductive timing light all cyl seem to be firing at idle, (couldn't test it on the lake...
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    97 50HP 3cyl will not rev past 3000

    J50DTLECA motor Starts fine, seems to idle fine, but when it's in gear has a small vibration, I thought it was weeds on the prop as i go out our channels into the lake but the prop was clear, give it full throttle and it only gets to about 3000rpm Linkage all seems to be moving to "full" but it...
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    97 Johnson 50hp 3cyl - idle problem

    Hello I've had this outboard since new and it's never really given my any problem until the past year when it started to quit at idle. It would start ok and once warmed up when I'd bring the fast-idle (or whatever that's called) down it would idle for a minute or two and then quit. Restart would...
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