79 johnson 35 wont start

[Gary V]

I have a 35 johnson that I used yesterday and it ran fine, went fishing today and it would not start. I pulled the plugs to chk for fire and both plugs have intermitting fire. I put in new plugs , no difference. The fish are biting so any help would be great. Gary

 

[restornator]

Re: 79 johnson 35 wont start

what do you mean intermitting fire? that is what they are supposed to do.

 

[Gary V]

Re: 79 johnson 35 wont start

If you crank it over with the starter for 30 sec. it might fire two or three times.

 

[G DANE]

Re: 79 johnson 35 wont start

I would start by disconnecting the kill wire as close to the power pack as possible. I once had a killwire wear thru insulation under the carb. Tape around it fixed the problem.