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    1998 Ficht 150 Johnson

    I have a friend who is buying a Triton 18' bass boat with a 1998 Johnson 150 ficht motor on it. I told him I had read a lot of post on here about the ficht series motors and they were not a particularly dependable motor. He is having doubts now about buying this boat.<br /><br />Did I tell him...
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    Old Verses New

    I remember learning to ski behind an old Johnson 35hp motor hooked behind an old plywood boat. There were dozens of 30 and 35hp motors on the water in those days and we skied behind them. I owned a 35hp Mercury motor on a small basstracker in the early ninties. I thought that would be fun to...
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    25r69 low rpm sneeze, low top end

    I have a old johnson 25 hp on a 14ft boat. Anytime I try to idle the engine it starts sneezing through the exhaust. Motor will run as long a I keep the rpm's up. Also motor doesn't have very much top end. Will not plane out the boat. Motor starts good and isn't cold natured.<br />I really like...
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