I'm having a hard time getting the motor started and when it does it wil run for a bit at close to full throttle and then shut down, sometimes with a backfire. The hose that go from the side wall of the piston chamber to the fuel pump also kept coming off but when I clamped it down a hole blow...
I just purchased a boat that came with a 1963 Johnson 40hp seahorse motor. I tried to start it the other day and here's what happened: I have the motor on a stand and the lower end unit submerged in a large container of water. I connected the gas tank and primed the bulb until tight. I hooked up...
