Every outboard has personality whats the story behind yours?

[jjacobs007]

I have a 1979 70hp johnson outboard and its awesome never let me down but upon acceleration its personality comes forth,sometimes it takes right off,others it has to hit that rpm where i know it will,any other boaters have these problems?

 

[mrcrabs]

Re: Every outboard has personality whats the story behind yours?

sounds like a link & sink problem, I have 75 70hp Johnson and the only time it has acted that way is when I screwed up the sink (ah, pickup timing is off)....and that ladys and gentlemen is why I always carry a flat screw driver and a pair of channel locks onboard. Oh yeah and some bailing twine...

 

[Chinewalker]

Re: Every outboard has personality whats the story behind yours?

I have a 1980 Johnson Stinger 75 - very similar to your 70. It was blown when I bought it, so I rebuilt it with .030 oversize pistons, carb kits, new waterpump, etc. It's been one of the best motors I've ever owned. It, too, had a link & synch problem when I first rebuilt it 15-years ago. A local tech showed me how to set it up and it made a world of difference. It's a rocket-ship now!

 

[jjacobs007]

Re: Every outboard has personality whats the story behind yours?

I have a 1980 Johnson Stinger 75 - very similar to your 70. It was blown when I bought it, so I rebuilt it with .030 oversize pistons, carb kits, new waterpump, etc. It's been one of the best motors I've ever owned. It, too, had a link & synch problem when I first rebuilt it 15-years ago. A local tech showed me how to set it up and it made a world of difference. It's a rocket-ship now!

man ive tried many ways to sink it, lol,but it wont do crap, problem starts after it warms up,runs perfect till then,which is only till past tires.I bought a timer base off ebay. cant wait to install it to see if fixes my problem, till then i still run her the way she is, going on 3yrs now.

 

[mrcrabs]

Re: Every outboard has personality whats the story behind yours?

man ive tried many ways to sink it

theres only one way and if that pickup timing is not right you will have that little lag or big lag especially after it warms up. invest in some aligator clips and teach the wifey what to look for or have her work the throttle....easy now girl just a little more....

when I was learning the link & sink on my looper I went through it a dozen times and never got it exactly right until I got this advice and the real service manual from a friend who is a J/E mech/dealer,

 

[Art Bernard]

Re: Every outboard has personality whats the story behind yours?

Yeah, my engine has a "personality", but not a bad one, she's just cold natured. She'll buck and fuss at start up but after letting her warm up a bit she's awsome throught the powerband. Nothing wrong with her at all, she's just that way

Art

 

[crouch_104]

Re: Every outboard has personality whats the story behind yours?

mine has a bit of a personality its a 58 johnson runs good but every once inawhile it will jerk n start to die a bit and u jus got to turn the high speed adjust to lean a 1/8 th turn then she will run topnotch rest of the day

 

[Sixmark]

Re: Every outboard has personality whats the story behind yours?

Please put this stuff in the appropriate part of the forum guys, if you want to brag on your motors that's fine but do it in the non repair related section of the outboards

 

[mrcrabs]

Re: Every outboard has personality whats the story behind yours?

sometimes it takes right off,others it has to hit that rpm where i know it will,any other boaters have these problems?

Sounded like a Johnson question to me???. I took it as one, so were is the problem Sixmark?

 

[Sixmark]

Re: Every outboard has personality whats the story behind yours?

Sounded like a Johnson question to me???. I took it as one, so were is the problem Sixmark?

and what you were doing was trying to help, and that's cool, look at some of the posts in reply and you will see what I was referring to

 

[mrcrabs]

Re: Every outboard has personality whats the story behind yours?

I understand for sure, I guess its just a good way to add to there post count like I'm doing right now, eh? but really no body wants to hear about our big ole Johnsons over in that forum...

 

[jjacobs007]

Re: Every outboard has personality whats the story behind yours?

Sounded like a Johnson question to me???. I took it as one, so were is the problem Sixmark?[/QUO

To me its personality,im not looking for ways to fix it here.

 

[jjacobs007]

Re: Every outboard has personality whats the story behind yours?

and what you were doing was trying to help, and that's cool, look at some of the posts in reply and you will see what I was referring to

I will reply for you 6mark! to me its personality,i can fix it, but ive been driving it that way for 3yrs now.You dont like the thread then move on.Dont mess with us old sea dogs with personality LOL.

 

[5150abf]

Re: Every outboard has personality whats the story behind yours?

Getting a link and sink just right is a real bear, messed with it for quite awhile till I got it right btu it is worth the effort, with the throttle and timing tied together it has to be just right.

Got an '81 Rude with no complaints, once she warms up runs like a top and it even idles, which I am told is kinda rare.